Nancy Frates: Meet the mom who started the Ice Bucket Challenge
ננסי פרייטס: למה המשפחה שלי התחילה את אתגר דלי הקרח למען ALS. השאר זה הסטוריה
Nancy Frates and her family have raised a projected $160 million for ALS research in 2014. How? They kicked off the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge to honor 29-year-old Pete Frates. Full bio
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the bottom of our hearts,
go on a family vacation.
Boston College, baseball,
professionally in Europe,
group insurance, he also joined us.
במכירת ביטוח קבוצתי, הוא גם הצטרף אלינו.
me and he just said,
is just not my passion."
זה פשוט לא התשוקה שלי."
I'm living up to my potential.
שאני ממצה את הפוטנציאל שלי.
oh by the way, Mom,
that I play for made the playoffs,
שאני משחק בה הגיעה לגמר,
because I can't let my team down.
לא יכול לאכזב את הקבוצה שלי.
left the family vacation —
followed four days later
Pete's at the plate,
and me, and he said,
doctor's appointment with me?"
find out what happened to the wrist.
neurologist's office, sat down,
been looking at all the tests,
it's not a sprained wrist,
elimination going up,
27-year-old kid, and said,
tell a 27-year-old this:
80-year-old father had ALS.
doctor, and we said, "ALS?
said, "Mr. and Mrs. Frates,
and there's no cure."
in the progress against ALS.
and brought her home,
having a family dinner,
cooking dinner that night.
שבישלתי ארוחה באותו ערב.
we were his new team.
הקבוצה החדשה שלו.
no wallowing, people."
we have to change the world.
of philanthropists like Bill Gates."
were given our directive.
our brothers and sisters
creating Team Frate Train.
apartment in Charlestown
השאיר את הדירה שלו בצ'ארלסטאון
of Pete and be his caregiver."
ולהיות המטפל שלו."
classmates, teammates,
חברים לכיתה, חברים לצוות,
intersecting with one another,
התחילו להחתך אחד עם השני,
research summit for advocacy.
speech, there was a panel,
pharmaceutical executives
I'm listening to them
went straight over my head.
class I ever could.
and I was listening to them,
"I, I do this, I do that,"
אני עושה את זה,"
unfamiliarity between them.
lot of collaboration going on here.
יש לכם שיתוף פעולה שמתרחש פה.
follow-up and the accountability?
after you leave this room?"
שתעזבו את החדר?"
of eyes just staring at me.
the elephant in the room.
the whole ALS community.
data comes back: no efficacy.
המידע חוזר: אין יעילות.
have therapies overseas,
pulled out from under us.
be taken away from me,
runs at baseball fields.
eventually is going to give out
to put him on a ventilator or not.
אם לחבר אותו למכונת החיאה או לא.
parts, but the brain stays intact.
הפיזיים שלהם, אבל המוח שלהם נשאר פעיל.
inspirational speech comes,
מלא ההשראה של לו גריג,
an article in the Bleacher Report.
לכתוב מאמר בבליצ'ר ריפורט.
wrote it using his eye gaze technology.
בשימוש בטכנולוגית מעקב העיניים.
the ice started to fall.
roommate in New York City,
ALS patient known in New York,
חולה ALS ידוע אחר בניו יורק,
Ice Bucket Challenge,"
And he sent it up to Boston.
of days, our news feed
the nice thing about Facebook
אתם יכולים לחזור אחורה.
human Bloody Mary.
את הבלאדי מרי האנושי של דוד ארטי.
Dave, the webmaster,
and it says, "Nancy,
every time Pete's website
שנכנסים לאתר של פיט,
phone was blowing up.
would lead to funding,
only take a couple of days.
501(c)(3)s on Pete's website,
הארגון ללא מטרות רווח הכי טוב שלנו באתר,
that our neighbor next door
need food in there."
Entertainment Tonight,
glacier video, incredible.
was a real A-list celebrity.
ones are, and their families'?
ועל משפחותיהם?
underfunded "rare" disease,
הלא ממומנת וה"נדירה" הזו,
saying it over and over: "ALS, ALS."
אומרים שוב ושוב: "ALS, ALS,"
of stats, shall we?
it'll be 160 million dollars.
זה יהיה 160 מליון דולר.
that they've been developing.
Ice Bucket Challenges for ALS.
סרטוני אתגר דלי קרח ל ALS.
what it was like in my house.
"אני יודעת איך זה היה בבית שלי.
was like around here."
front of philanthropists like Bill Gates,
להגיע לפילנטרופים כמו ביל גייטס,
ice water over your head,
I'd like you to remember.
over my head every day?
positive and proactive.
middle of the challenge
the mental toughness
teammates in the dugout,
עם חברי הקבוצה שלו במחפורת,
up there hanging it up.
right into his stomach.
what the reality of this is,
want to leave you with:
and leading his whole life.
והוביל את כל חייו,
has come back to him.
right now and knows why he's here.
עכשיו ויודע למה הוא פה.
and last but not least
the night of diagnosis is now his wife,
בליל האבחנה היא עכשיו אישתו,
granddaughter, Lucy Fitzgerald Frates.
לוסי פיצג'רלד פרייטס.
Pete's words of inspiration
עם מלות השראה של פיט
coworkers and teammates.
עובדים וחברי קבוצה.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Nancy Frates - Mother + ALS AdvocateNancy Frates and her family have raised a projected $160 million for ALS research in 2014. How? They kicked off the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge to honor 29-year-old Pete Frates.
Why you should listen
When Nancy Frates’ son was diagnosed with ALS in 2012, she was confused. Pete was a 27-year-old athlete and the only people she’d ever known with this disease were elderly already. Ever since that life-changing moment, she and her family have found their sense of purpose in working tirelessly to raise awareness about ALS and to stimulate funding for research. Because it’s been 75 years since Lou Gehrig delivered his famed farewell speech, and no treatment or cure has been found. This, says Nancy Frates, is unacceptable.
This July, Pete Frates inspired the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, which quickly became a viral fundraising phenomenon. The challenge inspired people across the United States and world to dump a bucket of ice on their head and pass the challenge on to three friends. In all, The ALS Association projects that the challenge will have raised $160 million for research by the end of 2014.
Pete Frates is now paralyzed and mute—he speaks to the world through eye gazer technology and through his family. They all remain hopeful for progress in treating this terrible disease.
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