Mayor Allegood, Chairman Lee Accept Ice Bucket Challenge

The mayor of Acworth and the chairman of the Cobb County Board of Commissioners sat united as ice-cold water was poured over their heads outside Acworth City Hall earlier this week.

Tommy Allegood and Tim Lee accepted the ALS Association’s Ice Bucket Challenge, a fund and awareness raising campaign designed to battle ALS. ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, is a progressive and ultimately fatal degenerative neurological condition.

Each person issued the challenge to three new people.

Allegood challenged Acworth Business Association President Jay White, Acworth’s Cobb County Board of Education representative Randy Scamihorn, and State Rep. Ed Setzler.

Lee called out Otis Brumby, publisher of the Marietta Daily Journal, Smyrna’s Mayor Max Bacon, and Cobb County Sheriff Neil Warren.

So far, the Ice Bucket Challenge has raised $94.3 million for the ALS Association since it was launched in late July, walloping last year’s donation figures for the same time period.