Over $20,000.00 donated/raised to date.

Update: 

Beginning at 9 a.m. Thursday Gary is inviting community members to join him at the gym! FitQuest, off Highland Scenic Drive in Baxter, is opening its doors free of charge for the day and people are invited to show up and work out with Gary or make a pledge to Kinship Partners. He'll have healthy food on hand from dishes he's learned during this year-long campaign. He plans to keep going during the day until he makes the goal.

Gary's Pictures

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Goal: Loose 100 pounds before December 20th, 2007 

The last time Gary weighed under 200 was in the 80's.

GARY'S start weight: 12/20/06  290lbs*

To learn how you can do your part "HOW TO PARTICIPATE"

Kinship Wellness Challenge in combination with the Brainerd Dispatch will provide weekly tips in the paper.  Tips and info that should help YOU improve your fitness, and make loosing weight a real possibility.  And at the same time raise some money for a program that centers on mentoring kids. 

*Start:  Weighed in at Crow Wing County Public Health, Dec 20th, 2006.

To learn more about Gary Walters and his past adventures

click here.