Sussex Academy employees donate gym equipment to school

Sussex Academy student-athletes have an additional way to get in shape, thanks to a donation from employees and husband-and-wife business team Eric and Channel Chaplin.

In addition to working at Sussex Academy, where Channel is the lead counselor and Eric is a custodian, the Chaplins operate several businesses together under Hathor QTAC Holdings LLC, including BiSU ID Scanner, which donated a bicep/tricep curl bench and a pull-up and dip station for the student workout room.

The Chaplins also have two children who attend Sussex Academy — Diego, a seventh-grader who opened his own business, Soaps by Diego, while he was in second grade, and Alma, a kindergartener.