from http://alumni.brotherrice.org/rookie-running-yukon-quest-for-wounded-warriors-project/
FAIRBANKS — Jason Weitzel '90 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.
"I figure if I was going to go out and generate money, I'd rather go out and do it for someone else," Weitzel said.
"I needed the Quest to not just be about me, I needed something else to focus on — a driving force for me."
Weitzel, 39, and his wife, Susan Allmeroth, are both military veterans. Weitzel spent three years in the Army, stationed at Fort Irwin, Calif.
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