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The Fall River
Fitness Challenge held its 2009 Finale at the Eagle Restaurant on May
9th celebrating the conclusion of the four-month series that began on
January 10th. Over seventy-five participants and their supporters got to
her remarks from Fitness
Instructor Amy Jones,
Mark
Kruger from the NBC television show
"The Biggest Loser,
2008 Challenge winner Daryl Parrent and Healthy City Fall River
coordinator Dr. David Weed. Community Development Recreation
(CD-REC) Executive Director Grace Gerling and Program Director Jamison
Souza emceed the gala event that ended with the award of prizes for the
winning participants as well as raffle prize drawings. Representatives of
the
Children in Balance program, the
Diabetes Association, Inc.
(DAI), the Fall River
Municipal Employee Wellness program, the
UMass
Extension Nutrition Education
program, the WIC
program, and the
Fall River YMCA were on hand to applaud the winners.
Click here to read the Herald News article about the event
and
here to see the YouTube video of an interview with winner
Nykie Marzilli.
Click here to see the
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(Row one) Brenda Brulotte of the "Going Postal" team and Steve Terceira help themselves to some of the good healthy food provided by the Children in Balance program. (Row two) Jennifer Lazaro applauds Amy Jones as she receives recognition for providing leadership and personal training to hundreds of Challenge participants. Amy then shared some of her reflections on the past four months. (Row three) Rene and Bob Morro listen as Mark Kruger from the NBC television show "The Biggest Loser and 2008 Challenge winner Daryl Parrent share their experiences. (Fourth row) Jeffrey Estrella and Jean Souza accept the third place team award, Rene Morro accepts the first place team award for the "Big Mamas", and Nykie Marzilli goes up to the stage to accept her first place award for the biggest percentage weight loss. (Bottom row) Jamison Souza congratulates the winners before announcing the total Challenge weight loss of 5,057 pounds among 800 participants, a 63% increase over the 2008 total of 3,180 total pounds lost. |
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