WORCESTER, Mass. - Local CEOs and business owners are raising awareness for ALS by participating in the Ice Bucket Challenge. 

Bay State Savings Bank CEO Peter Alden and seven other business leaders took the challenge on Tuesday. 

The bank did a month-long fundraiser to support the ALS Association Massachusetts chapter. 

The fundraiser was in honor of ALS Awareness month, recognized each May.

The money raised will support patients living with ALS in Massachusetts.