Ice-bucket challenge nominees in Spain raise 600,000 euros for ALS
Sunday, September 21, 2014 @ 11:55 AM
PARTICIPANTS in Spain in the famouse 'ice-bucket challenge' have so far raised 600,000 euros for ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, otherwise known as Motor Neurone Disease) in just one month.
But many others nominated to take a freezing-cold drenching chose to donate to other charities instead.
This has proven particularly the case with expatriates, many of whom have handed over cash to cancer charities including the AECC, MABS and more local outfits such as Cancer Care Jávea on the Costa Blanca, which has pledged to invest a quarter of a million a year for four years in a pioneering pharmacogenomic research laboratory.
The English Cathedra of Modern Oncology Research (ECMOR) is based at the Marina Alta district hospital in Dénia (Alicante province), and it netted thousands of euros from a public soaking in nearby Jávea where the mayor tipped a bucket of water over a local shop-owner and several others who volunteered on the day.
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