Anytime Fitness donates to Rochelle Fire Department

The money was raised through Anytime Fitness’s Tower Challenge, where members and non-members of the gym made donations and saw how quickly they could climb 110 flights of stairs, just as firefighters did during the Sept. 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center in New York City to rescue survivors.

On Monday, Anytime Fitness Manager Ellen Becker presented a $400 donation to Rochelle Fire Department Chief Dave Sawlsville and members of the RFD. The money was raised through Anytime Fitness’s Tower Challenge, where members and non-members of the gym made donations and saw how quickly they could climb 110 flights of stairs, just as firefighters did during the Sept. 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center in New York City to rescue survivors.