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"Ice Bucket Challenge" sweeping social media

It's taking social media by storm -- countless videos of people dumping buckets of ice cold water on their heads.
SAN DIEGO (CBS 8) - It's taking social media by storm -- countless videos of people dumping buckets of ice cold water on their heads.


The "
Ice Bucket Challenge
" is raising tens of thousands of dollars to strike out
ALS
, or Lou Gehrig's Disease.


Here's how it works: someone dumps the bucket of ice water on his or her head, then gives friends and family 24 hours to either do the same or donate to the ALS Association.


In this CBS News 8 video story, Steve Price is live in Rancho Santa Fe, where the president of the
Helen Woodward Animal Center
is taking on the task.


https://twitter.com/HWAC/status/499980790223343617


https://twitter.com/HWAC/status/500012421994799104


http://instagram.com/p/rlGTWjydmt


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