{"id":10283,"date":"2014-09-11T01:19:40","date_gmt":"2014-09-11T05:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/?p=10283"},"modified":"2014-09-11T01:20:32","modified_gmt":"2014-09-11T05:20:32","slug":"thomas-jefferson-university-promotes-corny-als-ice-bucket-spinoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/insidesurgery.com\/2014\/09\/thomas-jefferson-university-promotes-corny-als-ice-bucket-spinoff\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Jefferson University Promotes Corny ALS Ice Bucket Spinoff"},"content":{"rendered":"
In an attempt to cash in on the startling fundraising success of the ALS ice bucket challenge, pancreatic cancer researchers at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital are promoting a gimmick where participants get tennis balls dumped over their heads.<\/p>\n
One long-time Jeffersonian we spoke to was embarrassed by the ridiculous stunt and felt organizers of the corny ripoff are rather missing the entire point of the Ice Bucket challenge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In an attempt to cash in on the startling fundraising success of the ALS ice bucket challenge, pancreatic cancer researchers at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital are promoting a gimmick where participants get tennis balls dumped over their heads. One long-time Jeffersonian we spoke to was embarrassed by the ridiculous stunt and felt organizers of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[4923,3580,6064,2668],"yoast_head":"\n