The Capital Area Heart Walk, held March 26 in Downtown Baton Rouge, brought the event back after two years.
The American Heart Association’s Heart Challenge® is a suite of activities and initiatives designed to help companies positively impact employee overall health and well-being. The program is anchored in a series of customizable workplace events that inspires employees to be more engaged, reconnect with colleagues, get in their physical activity, support a great cause, and have a lot of fun doing it.
“It was a true honor to serve as chair for this year’s Capital Area Heart Walk,” said 2022 Chair Trey Dunbar, MD, president of Our Lady of the Lake Children's Health. “The past year and a half has been difficult on everyone, but it has also served to focus us all on healthy living. I look forward to leading the charge to raise funds to further the mission of the American Heart Association, but also to creating lasting change both at the corporate and community level”.
The Capital Area Heart Walk has been around for more than 30 years now. Walkers enjoyed cruising along the levee in the beautiful weather and hands on activities like a Kids Zone, CPR training, and more.
“We are so excited to bring the Capital Area Heart Walk back to our community this year,” said Kerin Spears, executive director, Capital Area American Heart Association. “This event isso much more than just a one-day thing where we get together and walk for a good cause. we are grateful for the support from Dr. Dunbar, Our Lady of the Lake, Ochsner Health, the Baton Rouge community and all our local sponsors and organizations that help us continue to fund the much-needed lifesaving research of the American Heart Association, while getting heart health tips about being active even while we are still spending more time at home.”
The funds raised at all Heart Challenge events fund the mission of the American Heart Association to be a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives while supporting priority issues in the Capital area.
This year’s Capital Area Heart Walk was sponsored by Our Lady of the Lake, Bernhard Capital Partners, Care South, Ochsner Baton Rouge, Aetna, Associated Grocers, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana, CSRS, Doyle Electric, Farm Bureau, Level Homes, Patton Brantley Realty Group, Performance Contractors, The Baton Rouge Clinic, The Celtic Group, The Lemoine Company, Woman's Hospital, Milton J Womack, and Worley. Local media sponsors included Guaranty Media and WBRZ-TV.