The Greater Fall River Fitness Challenge held its fourth Challenge event on January 19, 2013.  FitWorks owner Tabitha and Zumba instructor Dawn Silva got over sixty Challenge participants moving to music for fifty minutes at Greater Fall River Re-Creation headquarters on Bank Street. "Everyone had a whole lot of fun," noted Challenge coordinator Annemarie Sharkey who held a raffle for prizes as she does at the end of every Challenge event.. Sponsored by Partners for a Healthier Community and Southcoast Hospitals, the event was organized with the participation of All Generations Fitness, the Diabetes Association, Inc., Fitness Fusion, , General Fitness. Greater Fall River Re-creation, Healthy City Fall River, and the Fall River YMCA. The Challenge offers low cost opportunities for those who live, work or attend school in the Greater Fall River Area to get fit, lose weight, have fun and win prizes. Registration is open through the end of January, and many people will register and weigh-in at their workplace in the coming weeks. Click here for a video of the event. Click here for photos of the third Challenge event. Call Annemarie Sharkey at 508-679-0922 for more information or go to www.FallRiverFitnessChallenge.com.

(Top row, left) A crowd of more than sixty Challenge participants filed into the gym at 72 Bank Street for the fourth Challenge event of the 2013 season. (Top row, center) First-time Challenge participant Jason Souza, right, of Fall River, enrolls in the Challenge. (Top row, right) Participants start out with some stretches. (Row two, right) Participant Johanna Rivera moves to the music. (Row three) First-time Challenge participant Angela Watson of Fall River moves to the instructions of FitWorks owner, Tabitha Gendreau. (Bottom row, center and right) Zumba instructor Dawn Silva of FitWorks helps to lead the group through fifty minutes of heart-healthy exercise.