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TULARE COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - A telephone to nostalgia - the Ice Bucket Challenge that galore radical successful the Central Valley and crossed the globe engaged successful is back, present to dispersed consciousness astir intelligence health, and Tulare County is joining in.
Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux joined the challenge aft learning astir it from his girl and being challenged by her. Boudreaux says helium felt inspired to spot precocious schoolhouse children joining the situation to dispersed the connection astir intelligence wellness and wanted to enactment successful this year's challenge, conscionable similar helium did backmost successful 2014.
"I was truly inspired, rather frankly, of each these precocious schoolhouse students, each implicit our county, that they were truly trying to bring consciousness to the issues of intelligence wellness and those successful request of intelligence wellness services and I thought, you know, if I tin get retired determination and conscionable springiness a small connection to assistance dispersed the word, of people I'll bash it."
This year's USC Speak Your Mind Ice Bucket Challenge brings consciousness astir the value of talking astir intelligence health. It began with a social media post from students astatine the University of South Carolina backmost successful March with the intent of normalizing intelligence wellness to the constituent that it is discussed arsenic usually arsenic carnal health.
Those who nominate their peers are letting others cognize they are radical with whom they tin "speak" their mind.
Boudreaux says helium wanted different leaders successful Tulare County to dispersed the word, not lone wrong the county, but besides passim the nation. He chose leaders covering the full county, from southbound to north. He says galore leaders, from teachers to instrumentality enforcement, person taken connected the challenge. He says astir 200 radical person been challenged successful the region to his knowledge.
The sheriff nominated Visalia Police Department Chief Jason Salazar, Porterville Police Department Chief Jake Castellow, and Lindsay Police Department Chief Rob Moore. Out of the three, Salazar already responded and completed the challenge, portion nominating Visalia Fire Chief Dan Griswold, who has besides already responded.
You tin ticker a video compilation of each 3 officials completing the situation successful the video subordinate above.
In the end, Boudraux recalled his experience, saying his lad and girl made definite to enactment "extra ice" successful the bucket, to which helium said, "It was cold."
To larn much astir the University of South Carolina's MIND team, click here.
