An announcement of the 2013 Fall River Fitness Challenge was made at Greater Fall River Re-Creation headquarters on 72 Bank Street, Fall River, on January 2, 2012. Representatives of Re-Creation, FitWorks, General Fitness and Generations Fitness in Somerset were on hand to announce the upcoming health fair and registration for the four-month program that invites people who live, work or attend school in Fall River, Somerset, Swansea or Westport to improve their fitness and have fun in the process. In addition, the Fall River YMCA will be a participating location. Over 800 people have participated in each of the past five years, and this is the first year that it is being offered to residents beyond Fall River. The expansion has been made possible by Southcoast Hospitals who are sponsoring the program along with Partners for a Healthier Community, Inc. Click here for or a video of the news event. Click here for a Herald News article about the event and here for their editorial supporting the Challenge. Click here for photos of this year's first Warm-up Sign-in event. For more information and to obtain Challenge brochures, contact Annemarie Sharkey at 508-679-0922.

)Partners School Wellness Coordinator Marcia Picard, Jenny Botelho and Shaun Pacheco of Generations Fitness in Somerset, Greater Fall River Re-Creation Executive Director Grace Gerling, Southcoast Hospitals Community Benefits Manager Kerry Mello, Re-Creation Program Director Jamison Souza, General Fitness owner Scott Pacheco, FitWorks owner Tabitha Gendreau and Partners Worksite Wellness Coordinator Angela Braz join Partners Community Health and Well-being manager Annemarie Sharkey as she announces the upcoming opening of the Challenge to be held in the Kuss Middle School gymnasium.