Students from the University of South Carolina started a recent campaign using the ice bucket challenge to raise mental health awareness Zoey Lyttle is a Society & Culture Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE.

Back in 2014, the Ice Bucket Challenge was a viral internet challenge meant to raise money and awareness for ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease). Now, in 2025, the Ice Bucket Challenge is back with the ...

The Ice Bucket Challenge, which first went viral in 2014 to raise awareness for ALS, has resurfaced with a new mission Jordana Comiter is an Associate Editor on the Evergreen team at PEOPLE.

The 2025 Ice Bucket Challenge was started by students at the University of South Carolina. The 2025 Ice Bucket Challenge supports mental health awareness and advocacy. Learn how to do the USC Ice ...

The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge was one of the most viral trends of 2014. All over the internet, there were videos of celebrities, sports teams, seniors and kids alike dumping bowls of ice water on ...

The Ice Bucket Challenge is making a new splash with a new cause in mind, nearly a decade after it first went viral to raise awareness for ALS. In the summer of 2014, a media frenzy ensued with ...

The Ice Bucket Challenge is back. The challenge that splashed through social media in 2014 as people all over the world dumped buckets of ice water on their head to raise money and awareness for ...

The original “ALS Ice Bucket Challenge” was inescapable — if you weren’t nominated, you certainly saw videos plastered all over your Instagram (or even Vine) feed. But the trend wasn’t ...

(WJW) – It’s been more than a decade since the viral Ice Bucket Challenge drew attention to ALS. ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, is a ...

A decade-old social media trend was broadly revived on TikTok this week, as users are challenging one another to dump an ice bucket on their head for mental health awareness, mirroring the ...

The famed Ice Bucket Challenge has returned — and while it may look the same as it did at the height of its popularity in 2014, there’s a new reason people are engaging in this chilly challenge.

So what is it? It is the SpeakYourMIND Ice Bucket Challenge — the latest trend of people having ice water poured over their heads to raise awareness for a cause. But unlike the Ice Bucket ...