i want to give a special shout out to martha cohen. marta is a great partner of this department and has her hand in every major event in the city that requires interagency communication, coordination partnership and great cities host great events and we have been hosting great events because we're a great city and she's a great part of that and i want to thank her and gratitude. lastly i have some acknowledgments here. we have lots of folks in uniform, the orange, and the white. today i want to acknowledge our folks in white from street soccer -- san francisco streets soccer and street soccer usa. rob, can you join me -- just join me up at the podium. in addition to the mayor's ping pong tournament street soccer hosted the national cup here in san francisco. it's amazing and extraordinary organization and event and a story that needs to be told and we need to thank rob and san francisco street soccer for their incredible leadership. it's a national program -- i'm going to let rob talk about it a little bit but creates, helps people in

cohen. >> reporter: superman and lois lane got doused, so did homer simpson, matt damon, martha stewart. upside down. in just one month, the ice bucket challenge has generated $100 million. as of friday the a.l.s. association says donations are up an astonishing 3,504% from the same time period last year. and while you can say that's #amazing, there's a worry these dunkers' expectations might be disappointed. because even with all of this money, a cure for a.l.s. is still a long way off. >> progress against these really tough issues takes patience and it takes time. we're not going to see results overnighting and nobody should expect that. >> reporter: phil buchanan is president of the center for effective philanthropy, whether it's an earthquake in haiti or attack on the homeland donors want quick results and know where their money's going right away. >> a temptation to give it away quick lu but it might be wiser to be more deliberate, see what shows evidence of success, and then and only then, fund that in a bigger way. >> reporter: why would there be pressure to distribute it quickly?

cohen shows us why this fundraiser has been so successful. >> reporter: superman and lois lane got doused. so did matt damon and martha stewart.s guy did it in an airplane, upside down. in just one month, the ice bucket challenge has generated $100 million. as over friday, the als association says donations are up an astonishing 3,504% from the same time period last year. and while you can say that's #amazing, there is a worrying that these dunkers' expectations might be disappointed because even with all this money, a cure for als is still a long way off. >> progress against these really tough issues takes patience, and it takes time. but we're not going to see results overnight, and nobody should expect that. >> reporter: sylvia buchanan is president for the center for effective policy. he says whether it's an earthquake in haiti or an attack on the homeland, donors often want to see quick results and they want to know where their money is going right away. >> there will be a temptation to give it all away quickly, but it might be wiser to be more deliberate, see what shows evidence of success, and then and only then fund th

cohen shows us why this fundraiser has been so successful. >> superman and lois lane got doused, so did homer simpson, matt damon and martha stewart. this guy did it in an airplane upside-down. in one month it's generated $100 million. as of friday the als association said donations are up an astonishing 3,504% from the same time last year. and while you can say that hashtag amazing, there's a worry the dunkers expectations might be disappointed because even with all this money a cure for als is still a long way off. >> progress against these really tough issues takes patience and it takes time. we won't see results overnight and nobody should expect them. >> sylvia is a director for the filllan though by. he said donors often want to see quick results and they want to know where their money is going right away. >> there would be a temptation to give it all away quickly, but it maybe wiser to be more deliberate, see what shows evidence of success, and then and only then fund that in a bigger way. >> the a. l. s. association doesn't have a breakdown of how all the ice bucket money will be spent and it acknowledges the spinning press

cohen shows us why this fundraiser has been so successful. >> reporter: superman and lois lane got doused, so did homer simpson, matt damon and martha stewart. this guy did it in an airplane upside-down. in just one month it's generated $100 million. as of friday the a.l.s. association said donations are up an astonishing 3,504% from the same time last year. and while you can say that hashtag amazing, there's a worry the dunkers' expectations might be disappointed because even with all this money a cure for a.l.s. is still a long way off. >> progress against these really tough issues takes patience and it takes time. we won't see results overnight and nobody should expect them. >> sylvia buchanan is president for the center for philanhthropic donations in haiti. he said donors often want to see quick results and they want to know where their money is going right away. >> there would be a temptation to give it all away quickly, but it maybe wiser to be more deliberate, see what shows evidence of success, and then and only then fund that in a bigger way. [cheers and applause] >> the a.l.s. association doesn't have a breakdown of how all the i

cohen shows us why this fundraiser has been so successful. >> reporter: superman and lois lane got doused, so did homer simpson, matt damon and martha stewart. this guy did it in an airplane upside-down. in just one month it's generated $100 million. as of friday the a.l.s. association said donations are up an astonishing 3,504% from the same time last year. and while you can say that hashtag amazing, there's a worry the dunkers' expectations might be disappointed because even with all this money a cure for a.l.s. is still a long way off. >> progress against these really tough issues takes patience and it takes time. we won't see results overnight and nobody should expect them. >> sylvia buchanan is president for the philanthrope by center in haiti. he said donors often want to see quick results and they want to know where their money is going right away. >> there would be a temptation to give it all away quickly, but it maybe wiser to be more deliberate, see what shows evidence of success, and then and only then fund that in a bigger way. [cheers and applause] >> the a.l.s. association doesn't have a breakdown of how all the ice bucket mon