Some participants in the Greater Fall River Fitness Challenge started the 28th Challenge event by getting their cholesterol, blood sugar and blood pressure checked by staff from the Southcoast Hospital mobile van to see how much they have improved from the time they started. Participants then joined FitWorks for a 45-minute work-out. "Many more people have stuck with the Challenge all the way through this year," noted Partners staff member Brittany Bertone. The Challenge is sponsored by Partners  along with Greater Fall River Re-creation, Saint Anne's Hospital, and Southcoast Hospitals. The Challenge includes programs provided by All Generations Fitness, the Diabetes Association, Inc., Fitness Fusion, FitWorks, General Fitness. Greater Fall River Re-creation, Striking Beauties, TKO Fitness, Wiggle Kids, 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. Click here for a  six-and-a-half-minute video of the event. Click here for photos of the twenty-sixth event. Call Annemarie Holly at 508-679-0922 for more information or go to www.FallRiverFitnessChallenge.com.

(Top row) Participants wait to go upstairs where staff from the Southcoast Hospital Mobile Van check their blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar. (Row two) FitWorks owners Tabitha and Ray Gendreau get the group warmed up. (Rows three and four) Participants were put through their paces with exercises that included standing jumps and floor exercises.