The family of ALS Ice Bucket Challenge co-founder, the late Yonkers native Pat Quinn, will join City of Yonkers and Empire City Casino by MGM Resorts on Saturday, Aug. 2, at 1 p.m. to host the Annual ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.
Organizers said members of the public are encouraged to participate in the largest simultaneous Ice Bucket Challenge in support of the hundreds of thousands of people living with ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) and the fight to find a cure. They said all ages are welcome to the free event
Quinn, diagnosed with ALS in 2013 at age 30 and who lost his life to the disease nearly five years ago, co-founded the global phenomenon 11 years ago in 2014, which generated hundreds of millions of dollars in private donations for ALS research and medical advances to extend th