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Wash U Student Is Hiking for Kids

MBA student plans six-month trek for Hike4Kids.com

Mike McLaughlin, an MBA student at , plans to walk more than 2,500 miles over six months by hiking the Appalachian and Ozark trails back-to-back.

He is trying to bring attention to the plight of underprivileged children in St. Louis and Africa by raising funds for the Family Resource Center and a school for neglected blind children in Cameroon, Africa.

His journey can be followed at hike4kids.com.

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