The Ice Bucket Challenge for Straws

Howard Rotter Diving in the Philippines

In 2014 while my good friend, Howard, was wasting away from the progressive horror of ALS we suddenly had the Ice Bucket Challenge. It raised more than $115 million dollars to help fund ALS research. More importantly it gave me and many other friends of Howard something to do. It gave us a way to demonstrate that we cared. The money didn’t find a cure. Howard still died but we “didn’t stand idly by.” Continue reading “The Ice Bucket Challenge for Straws”