WQXR host Jeff Spurgeon takes the ice bucket challenge

Is This The Best Way To Give To Charities?

The Brian Lehrer Show | Aug 27, 2014

The Ice Bucket Challenge is on its way to raising $100 million for the ALS Association. But is a (one-off) donation to a disease-specific organization really the most effective charitable donation you can make? Felix Salmon, Senior editor at Fusion, worries about how the money will be spent and what other worthy causes are being ignored in favor of ALS.

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