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A genuine “thank you” from this year’s scholarship recipient to all you superheroes who support her by donating to @idoitforher. Recently, we’ve raised an ADDITIONAL $2,000 that will go directly towards her tuition at @slubillikens... Your donations are our lifeline and we are beyond thankful for everything you give!! #BeBetter #EveryDollarCounts #SLU #SuperHeroes

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Couldn't be more impressed, proud, and excited for the future of this year's I Do It For Her Scholarship recipient! She'll be heading to SLU next month to study either sociology or psychology as a way to help others in her community and we'll be right there to help. #BeBetter #SLU #KIPPStl

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The Mongol Challenges

February 11, 2016 in adventure

It's a good thing that the Mongol Rally 2016, a 10,000km car race across Europe, is going to finish somewhere near Russia next summer because I've got to make it to the start of the Mongol Derby 2016, a 1,000km horse race throughout Mongolia.

Bottom line, it is going to be EPIC!

As a U.S. Marine Corps Infantry Officer and winner of a recent fight with an advanced Stage-IV Lymphoma, I've got a taste for adventure, so don't tempt me with a good time...

Problem is, the Derby has quite the entry fee, over $10,000 USD. Crazy expensive, I know. That's not even covering the travel & training costs!

But with your, just oh so generous donations, I can finally defeat that Genghis Khan and complete this monster of a race that is rated as one of the world's toughest.

I'll be representing the 501(c)3 non-profit I Do It For Her as well, so please help send me on this once in a life-time adventure and I promise the stories I bring back and regale you with will be worth it.