Nancy Frates' son Pete was captain of every team he ever joined. And there were many. So when Pete was diagnosed with ALS at age 27 and vowed to change the trajectory of the fatal disease, she trusted ...

PETE FRATES WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ALS AT 27 WHEN HE AND A COUPLE OF FRIENDS DISCOVERED THE ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE. PETE KNEW IT WAS THE SOCIAL MEDIA VEHICLE HE’D BEEN LOOKING FOR. I’M GOING TO CHANGE THE ...

BOSTON – Family members of the late Pete Frates are honoring his memory on Thursday and throughout the month of August as they mark the 10th anniversary of the Ice Bucket Challenge. In 2014, the Ice ...

Dozens of people, including the Massachusetts governor and several sports stars, dumped cold water on themselves at Fenway Park Thursday to mark the 10th anniversary of the ALS ice bucket challenge.

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 ALS ...

Last month the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge celebrated its 10th anniversary. The fundraising idea was the brainchild of both the late Pete Frates — a Massachusetts native, lifelong Boston Red Sox fan, ...

BOSTON - It has now been 10 years since Pete Frates' ALS charity movement went worldwide. "How many mothers get to say their kid made a difference in the world?" said an emotional Nancy Frates. For ...

The viral Ice Bucket Challenge is back, but this time it is not raising awareness for the neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. Instead, it is shining a light on mental ...

BOSTON -- Pete Frates, a former college baseball player whose battle with Lou Gehrig's disease helped inspire the ALS ice bucket challenge that has raised more than $200 million worldwide, died Monday ...

The ice bucket challenge, the viral social media challenge that took the internet by storm in 2014 to raise awareness for ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis), has made a comeback with a new cause: ...

Pete Frates was an all-star athlete until he was diagnosed with ALS. — -- It began with a simple idea: Fill a bucket with water, throw in some ice and dump it over your head -- all to raise money ...