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VIDEO: New Canaan Selectman Nick Williams Undergoes ALS Ice Bucket Challenge (Yes, He’s Wearing a Tie)

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Selectman Nick Williams, ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
New Canaan Selectman Nick Williams underwent the hugely popular ALS Ice Bucket Challenge (he was nominated by pal Peter Deane) and, as per the visibility- and fundraising effort, challenged others to do the same. Watch the video to see which fellow local officials Williams named. Many thanks to Nick for allowing us to share the video. As he says in the video, readers may go to the ALS Association site to donate to a “very fine cause.”

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Participating in the ALS Awareness Ice Bucket Challenge [VIDEO]

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The NewCanaanite.com Summer Internship Program is sponsored by Baskin-Robbins, Connecticut Sandwich Co., Joe’s Pizza and Mackenzie’s. If you have been on Facebook in the past week you have probably seen videos of people of all ages getting doused with buckets of ice cold water. These videos are part of an effort started by 29-year-old Beverly, Mass. resident Pete Frates, who was diagnosed two years ago with ALS, to help raise awareness of what commonly is called ‘Lou Gehrig’s Disease.’ The basic idea behind the videos is that friends will film each other dumping buckets of ice water on themselves, and then subsequently posting those videos on Facebook where they tag three to five friends or relatives, daring them to do the challenge themselves or to donate $100 to an ALS charity of their choice within 24 hours of the video being uploaded.