--- title: Chris Christie Does The Ice Bucket Challenge for ALS on Facebook description: The Republican Governor of New Jersey does the Ice Bucket Challenge for ALS research and posts the video on Facebook. canonical: https://time.com/3107529/chris-christie-als-ice-bucket-challenge/ author: Olivia B. 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It explains the politics, personalities and power dynamics behind the headlines, twice a week. #### Where can I get analysis of Washington politics by email? D.C. Brief is TIME's free Washington politics newsletter, available at time.com/newsletters. It is written by a TIME senior correspondent who covers the capital full time. #### Who writes TIME's D.C. Brief? Philip Elliott, a senior correspondent at TIME, writes D.C. Brief. #### Is D.C. Brief free? Yes. D.C. Brief is free at time.com/newsletters. ### Sources * TIME Newsletters: [time.com/newsletters](/c/time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3/newsletters?i=e1f19f5d-f8bb-4851-8412-7416a5a64a0f&cr=time-nl-dcbrief-2026q3-v1) ## Video: It’ll Be A Cold Day: The Ice Bucket Challenge [Watch (HLS stream): It’ll Be A Cold Day: The Ice Bucket Challenge](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/GIHofBBD.m3u8) (1:33)  _Published 2014-08-11. If you’ve seen people all over your newsfeed dumping buckets of ice water on themselves, you’re not alone. The Ice Bucket Challenge is ironically one of the hottest things on social media as it tries to raise money for ALS charities._  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Aug 13, 2014 3:53 PM UTC  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Aug 13, 2014 3:53 PM UTC Chris Christie, New Jersey’s governor and potential 2016 Republican presidential candidate, became the latest high-profile figure to participate in the [“Ice Bucket Challenge](http://time.com/3100272/als-ice-bucket-challenge/)” Tuesday evening. That’s the Facebook trend in which people post videos of themselves getting doused with ice water, then nominate others to do the same within 24 hours or donate $100 to ALS research. In the video posted to Christie’s Facebook page, he’s seen grinning as two of his children, Patrick and Bridget, do the honors. He nominated New Jersey Senator Cory Booker (D), Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, and _Tonight Show_ host Jimmy Fallon to complete the challenge next. Ethel Kennedy, the widow of Senator Robert Kennedy, nominated President Barack Obama to do the challenge, but [a White House spokesperson said](http://time.com/3104483/obama-declines-ice-bucket-challenge/) he will just give money. Other influencers who have completed the challenge include Martha Stewart, Matt Lauer and Lance Bass. ## Transcript [00:00] If you've seen people all over your news feed dumping [00:02] buckets of ice water on themselves, you're not alone. [00:05] The ice bucket challenge is ironically one of the hottest [00:09] things on social media as it tries to raise money for ALS [00:12] foundations. The challenge went viral thanks to former [00:15] Boston College pitcher Pete Frates, who was diagnosed [00:18] with a neurodegenerative disease also known as Lou [00:21] Gehrig's disease disease in 2012. So what does the [00:24] challenge entail? A person dumps ice water on [00:27] themselves and then challenges six other people to do [00:30] the same in 24 hours or donate $ 100 to an ALS [00:37] charity. Celebrities such as The Fault in Our Stars actor [00:40] Ansel Elgort and Martha Stewart have joined in on the [00:42] challenge. Boston. com and. Frank's parents organized [00:46] a mass ice bucket challenge last Thursday, after which, [00:49] the website challenged New York City, Los Angeles, [00:52] and Chicago. Some questioned the effect of the ice [00:54] bucket challenge with the Boston Herald quoting a [00:56] Twitter user as saying. I don't see how dumping a [00:59] bucket of ice water over your head can cure a disease. [01:01] Meanwhile Frates told the paper, via Facebook, that [01:04] exposure like this is what the ALS community needs so [01:08] we can even attempt to find a cure and reversal for [01:11] people living with this insidious disease. The challenge [01:14] has led to a spike in donations for the ALS Association. [01:17] The foundation's president, Barbara Newhouse, told [01:20] CBS's WBZ News Radio that the organization raised [01:24] more than $ 168, 000 in online donations in the past [01:27] week, compared to just $ 14, 000 over the same time [01:31] frame last year. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3107529/chris-christie-als-ice-bucket-challenge/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3107529/chris-christie-als-ice-bucket-challenge/"},"headline":"Chris Christie Did the Ice Bucket Challenge And Here's Video Proof","datePublished":"2014-08-13T15:53:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:48:41.531Z","description":"He nominates Jimmy Fallon, Mark Zuckerberg, and Cory Booker to take the plunge next","url":"https://time.com/3107529/chris-christie-als-ice-bucket-challenge/","keywords":["Newsfeed","society"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. 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