I challenged the team captains to put the program together. We are in the fifth week of the twelve-week program with proceeds benefiting the campaign for Relay for Life.

We plan to have an awards ceremony during our walk for life. The competition is fierce, and this is a great opportunity for the community to come together, get healthy and lose a little weight along the way.

The cost goes towards each team members' pledged $100 donation. We measure weight loss, measurements and body fat.

I started making calls a week after Katrina. The captains all said the same thing: you can take away our homes, but you can't take away our Mardi Gras.

It might just be the difference in length, ... That sometimes can be something that deters captains from putting guys together.

They took it. Nobody pouted. The captains got them together and all's well that ends well.