Umm...hmm...well ALS research was seriously underfunded prior to the bucket challenge and it is more common than one would think with no adequate treatments. Leukemia is a serious disease and indeed does need research funding but in all honesty, quite a bit more money is donated to leukemia research than to ALS research. It would be great though if we could introduce similar challenges to raise funds for the research into other diseases and disorders :) http://www.lls.org/#/aboutlls/financialinformation/ http://www.alsa.org/about-us/financial-information.html