Dr. Cruz Joins Ice Bucket Challenge to Raise Awareness About ALS

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It鈥檚 hot outside, but 果冻传媒app ISD Interim Superintendent Paul Cruz knows how to cool off鈥攚hile supporting a good cause.

This week, Dr. Cruz joined the ranks of civic leaders and celebrities across the country鈥攆rom Bill Gates and the Kennedys to Lady Gaga, LeBron James and Oprah Winfrey鈥攖o join the ALS 鈥淚ce Bucket Challenge.鈥

The ALS Association鈥檚 challenge calls for people to film themselves being doused with buckets of ice water, post the video to social media and nominate others to do the same to raise awareness about ALS, also commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig's Disease.

Mark Williams, former AISD board president, and Erin Cargile, education reporter and anchor for KXAN, nominated Dr. Cruz this weekend. In turn, he has nominated 果冻传媒app Police Chief Art Acevedo; Mark Curry, community bank president at Wells Fargo; 果冻传媒app Community College President Richard Rhodes; and AISD鈥檚 Class of 2015.

As of Aug. 18, the ALS Association reported it had received $15.6 million in donations compared to $1.8 million during the same time period last year.

Learn more about the challenge and join the conversation online.

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