The Sixfth Annual Fall River Fitness Challenge began its fourth Warm-up Challenge series with a sign-up on September 22, 2012, at Greater Fall River Re-Creation headquarters at 72 Bank Street. Partners Community Health and Well-being manager Annemarie Sharkey met with participants to answer questions and to describe the upcoming events. "We're looking forward to being able to offer a steady nutrition class throughout the time in the 2012 Fitness Challenge," commented Sharkey. "We're also looking for more partners and gyms making it the Greater Fall River Fitness Challenge," she added. The Challenge Warm-up will begin on September 29th with a "Take a Walk with a Southcoast Doc" event at Heritage State Park in conjunction with Southcoast Hospitals. Sponsored by Community Development Recreation (CD-REC), the Fall River YMCA, General Fitness and Healthy City Fall River, the Warm-up signed up over nearly 50 participants for the three-month series. Click here for this year's Schedule of Events. Click here for or a four-minute video of the Sign-up.  Click here for photos of last year's first Warm-up Sign-in event. For more information, contact Annemarie Sharkey at 508-679-0922.

(Top row, left) Partners Community Health and Well-being manager Annemarie Sharkey welcomes Jackie Raposo to the sign-up event in the hallway of Greater Fall River Re-Creation headquarters at 72 Bank Street. (Top row, center) Participants talks with Yezlyn Quiros, Glenda Perez and Donna Jordan of FitWorks about the Zumba classes that will be offered as part of the Challenge. (Top row, right) Gail Brouillard and Kathy Janelle get information about the Zumba classes at FitWorks. (Middle row, left) Kristen Melendez and her daughter, Jade, get information about FitWorks. (Middle row, center) Item that were offered for a raffle include Fitness Challenge tee-shirts, a water bottle and hand weights. (Middle row, right) Challenge volunteer Tracy Patton talks with Brenda Venice about the upcoming "Take a Walk with a Southcoast Doc" event. (Bottom row) Challenge volunteers Terry Greenwood and Tracey Primo and Annemarie Sharkey are interviewed by Phil Sabatino for airing on FRED-TV's Common Thread news program on Channel 18.