Leisureworld Creedan Valley staff raised more than $3,000 for fellow employee Debbie Armstrong and her husband Ken Armstrong.
Ken was diagnosed with ALS in June.
“It’s an ugly disease but it’s because of things like this that we are able to get through. These people are amazing,” said Ken.
The money is being donated directly to the Angus couple. Debbie has been working as a personal support worker at Creedan Valley for 29 years.
“It’s great that the ice bucket challenge is raising funds and awareness around the world and we felt it was important to support those in our own community too. So we decided to hold this event for Debbie and Ken to help them with things like medical appointments and equipment,” said Creedan Valley director of resident programing and admissions Mary Jane Watson.
Staff collected pledges, held draws, sold ribbons and T-shirts. The right to be the one to dump the ice water on one of their fellow employee’s head went to the highest bidder.
Draw prizes and ice were donated by local businesses.
The donation includes a cheque for $1,000 from the employees’ union.
As a group, the eight participants challenged all of the other Leisureworld homes.