The Diabetes Association, Inc. (DAI) and Community Development Recreation (CD-REC) teamed up to provide low-cost Zumba classes as part of the City's first Fitness Challenge held at the Veterans' Memorial at 72 Bank Street. Zumba is a low-impact fitness workout held to Latin and international music. Over 70 people arrived for the 5:30 p.m. program designed to engage people who live or work in Fall River in fitness exercises that can help with weight loss. Participants are eligible to win prizes through drawings held throughout the Challenge.  Click here for photos of the press event announcing the Challenge. Click here for the Herald News article about the news conference. Click here for the photos of the weigh-in. Contact Bill Daponte at 508-672-5671 or CD-REC Program Director Grace Gerling, 508-679-0922, for more information.

(Top row, left) One of the program participants gets some words of encouragement from Katie Sousa of Posé Dance Studio who leads the weekly classes. (Top row, right) CD-Recreation Program staff member Mitchell Coughlin and Diabetes Association Director of Operations make some announcements about the Fitness Challenge. (Middle row, left) Fall River Housing Authority Youth Services Director and head of the Housing Authority team, Joseph DaSilva, participates in the hour-long workout. (Middle row, right) Katie Sousa leads the crowd in a series of movements to Salsa music. (Bottom row) WIC Program staff member Lisa Alves goes through a series of stretches along with the seventy other participants.