"Steptember" was America On the Move's (AOM) national month long celebration highlighting the benefits of active living and healthful eating. The month promotes AOM's small change approach to achieving healthier lifestyles among individuals, families, communities and society. The Fall River YMCA participated through a walk from the North Main Street facility to the Heritage Park board walk, around the Iwo Jima monument and back to the Y on September 28, 2007. Staff member Mike Mahoney led the group on the two-mile walk. Click here to see last year's event. For more information about programs at the Fall River Y, call 508-675-7841 or click here to see a schedule. Contact Mike Mahoney at the Fall River Y at 508-675-7841 for more information.
 

(Top row, left) Lise Merrifield and Irene Price follow Y.M.C.A. staff member Mike Mahoney out of the Y.M.C.A. at 199 N. Main Street. (Top row, center and right) Mike leads Joy Luz, Jocelyn Barbosa, Jane Machado and Irene Price in some warm-up stretches before heading down Pine Street to Heritage State Park and Battleship Cove. (Middle row, left and right) Mike and Irene strike up a conversation, one of the benefits of walking in a group. (Bottom row, left) Juliette Rodrigues joins the group near the boat house. (Bottom row, right) After rounding the Iwo Jima at Bicentennial Park, the group returns to the Y along the boardwalk led by Rev. Don Mier, a longtime Y member..