A nonprofit youth boxing club that started in the backyard of a car shop has found a new home in Kaukauna, allowing the program to expand its mission of keeping kids off the streets through boxing.
Non-profit boxing gym finds new home in Kaukauna
Electric City Chuters, formerly known as Chuter’s Boxing Gym, recently purchased a two-story building that was ironically also once a car shop, providing a dedicated space for the growing program.
From a backyard to a professional facility
Owner Nick Maher, a car mechanic who spent tens of thousands of dollars out of pocket to create the nonprofit boxing club, had been training dozens of kids at no cost in the backyard of his Little Chute car shop.
“We want this to be more than a boxing gym. We want it to be a community center,” Maher said.
With help from community partners, Chuters was able to purchase the Kaukauna building and transform it into a proper training facility…