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Rookie Musher Running Yukon Quest for a Special Cause

  • February 1, 2012
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Jason Weitzel is not about the spectacle of dog racing. He chose to run this year’s 2012 Yukon Quest International Sled Dog Race because it’s a quieter event.But the Two Rivers musher is stepping outside of his comfort zone to raise $10,000 for the Wounded Warriors Project, an organization with the purpose to raise awareness and enlist the public’s aid for the needs of injured service members as well as providing programs for those members of the military.Read more here: http://newsminer.com/view/full_story/17358521/article-Rookie-musher-running-Yukon-Quest-for-a-special-cause?instance=home_news_window_left_top_4

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