Local youth in Alabama are getting the chance to strengthen their health and fitness thanks to the generosity of Taymax Group. In November, Taymax’s Huntsville and Madison, Alabama, clubs donated some of their fitness equipment to the Boys & Girls Club of North Alabama in Huntsville.

The franchise group’s Huntsville club donated an array of fitness equipment that will help the local youth become stronger, including two dumbbell racks, one beauty bell rack, four adjustable benches, one flat bench, one ab crunch bench, one target abs bench and one ab coaster. Taymax’s Madison club donated one recumbent bike, one upright bike, one rower and one elliptical. The fitness equipment was put in the Frank J. Williams Center, which the Boys & Girls Club of North Alabama built to boost digital learning, workforce readiness and STEM innovation amongst the youth they serve. The center had its grand opening event on Dec. 9, and Madison County general manager Roquel Williams and Area Director of North Alabama Peter McDaniel attended.

“It was a great pleasure to share this time with local dignitaries like Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle and Frank J. Williams, whom the facility is named after. The new facility will offer updated STEM labs, robotics teams, tutoring, mentoring and leadership programs, as well as a new fitness facility that houses our donated equipment. Huntsville clubs look forward to a continued relationship with the Boys & Girls Clubs of North Alabama,” said McDaniel.