Red Sox Stars to Participate in Ice Bucket Challenge Auction
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Red Sox Stars to Participate in Ice Bucket Challenge Auction
Starting on Monday, August 24, fans can start bidding to have one of the seven stars pour ice on them on the field at Fenway Park and will receive the Spring Training jerseys that Red Sox players wore on March 3 to honor Pete Frates, the Boston College baseball star and a pioneer of the Ice Bucket Challenge.
“We’re honored to be associated with the Frates family and to have the opportunity to help bring attention to this devastating disease. What Pete and Pat have accomplished through the ice bucket challenge initiative – raising global awareness and much needed funds to support critical research – is nothing short of amazing and we’re proud to be part of this movement,” said Adam Grossman, Red Sox, SVP of Marketing and Brand Development.
GET THE LATEST BREAKING NEWS HERE -- SIGN UP FOR GOLOCAL FREE DAILY EBLASTRed Sox players that are expected to participate are David Ortiz, Dustin Pedroia, Hanley Ramirez, Pablo Sandoval, Xander Bogaerts, Mookie Betts, and Brock Holt.
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ALS and the Ice Bucket Challenge
The Ice Bucket Challenge, which raises awareness for ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease, was an international phenomenon last year. The Red Sox recently joined Pete Frates and Pat Quinn, two co-founders of the challenge, in re-launching the successful fundraising campaign at Fenway Park.
Frates, a Massachusetts native and former captain of the Boston College baseball team, was diagnosed with ALS in 2012. The club honored Frates at a special ceremony at Fenway Park on Opening Day this year by signing him to a contract.
According to the ALS Association, 5,000 people are diagnoses with ALS annually in the United Stats, with an average life expectancy of two to five years after diagnosis. Someone with the disease dies every 90 minutes in the U.S.
The estimated cost to develop a drug to slow or stop the disease's progress is $2 billion.