Army veteran Will Corbin lost more friends after the war than during, to suicide.
That’s what prompted the owner of Iron Covenant Gym in Anderson to focus on his community and start his Be A Better You seminars.
“What I like to do with the Be A Better You is, everyone struggles with, you know, whether it be depression or any kind of mental battles that we deal with… we deal with real life,” Corbin said.
Corbin was nominated for a community service hero award and was named the WSPA‘s Caring for the Carolinas Award Winner for July.
In addition to the Be A Better You seminars, Iron Covenant Gym staff and members devote two hours, three times each week, to community activities such as food and toy drives and fundraising events to help the less fortunate in the Anderson area.
“Our slogan is ‘More Than Just a Gym,’ and this is truly more than just a gym,” said Travis Scott of Iron Covenant Gym. “Will has pushed me to be a better person. We do so many great things in the community, we helped out for Covid, the list just goes on and on.”
Adds Ryan Hulon, Community Outreach & Veteran Support Director for the Cancer Association of Anderson, “I look at Will as one of my heroes, because number one, we both chewed some of the same dirt over in Afghanistan together. He saw a need to be one of the people in Anderson to come in and help support a local organization that’s helping support cancer patients in Anderson County. Some of that’s raising money, some of that’s awareness, helping us get the word out about the Cancer Association in his show.”
For more information, visit IronCovenantSC.com.
