Jared Ritter of Cape Girardeau, 17, raised $4,448.21 with his "Run for Water" on July 25, 2008. Jared ran 20 miles from Cape Girardeau to Jackson and back. He is pictured donated the check to the Blood:Water Mission office in Nashville, Tenn. The money will provide 4,448 African people clean drinking water for one year or will allow a community to build one well. The Blood:Water Mission has a goal of building 1,000 wells in Africa and have currently built 530 wells.
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