City takes the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

Five members of Mountain Brook city government joined the ranks of people taking the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge on Aug. 21.

Mountain Brook Chamber of Commerce director Suzan Doidge challenged the city. Parks and Recreation Superintendent Shanda Williams, City Manager Sam Gaston, City Planner Dana Hazen, Police Chief Ted Cook and Fire Chief Robert Ezekiel stood in front of the fire station in the Municipal Complex as a fire truck sprayed cold water.

Each of the five city officials is making a donation to ALS in the name of the city, and they have challenged the City of Vestavia Hills, Emmet O'Neal Library and the Leadership Mountain Brook class to take it next.

The Ice Bucket Challenge is a social media campaign that asks people to challenge others to pour a bucket of ice on themselves and make a donation to the ALS Association.