Yonkers Insider: City of Yonkers: CITY OF YONKERS & EMPIRE CITY CASINO JOIN 'QUINN FOR THE WIN' TO HOST 11th ANNUAL ALS ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE - SAT., 8/3 @1 P.M.

CITY OF YONKERS & EMPIRE CITY CASINO JOIN ‘QUINN FOR THE WIN’ TO HOST 11^th ANNUAL ALS ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 3.

 

Hundreds to Gather Trackside at Empire City Casino’s Yonkers Raceway for Simultaneous Ice Bucket Challenge to Benefit ALS Research.

 

 

Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano, Empire City Casino by MGM Resorts along with the ‘Quinn for the Win Foundation’ will host the 11^th annual ALS Ice Bucket Challenge on Saturday, August 3 beginning at 1 p.m. at Empire City Casino by MGM Resorts with the ice bucket dump scheduled for 2:00 p.m.

 

The event, co-founded by Yonkers resident Pat Quinn after his diagnosis of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) in 2013 at the age of 29, became a global phenomenon in 2014 as millions of people around the world participated in the challenge via social media. The event continues to remain a catalyst for raising funds to support research to identify a cure for the debilitating disease.