Tire Kingdom, heart association renovate high school lounge

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. — Tire Kingdom recently partnered with the American Heart Association (AHA) to renovate a staff lounge at Royal Palm Beach High School.

The lounge was turned into a wellness area that includes an accent wall, comfortable furniture, meditation tools and wellness items, such as blood pressure cuffs, logs, and instruction manuals. Tire Kingdom also shared its peel-a-deal cards with the team to provide special discounts at Tire Kingdom locations.

"Teachers have, in my opinion, the most important job of all in taking care of our children, but before they can take care of children, they've got to take care of themselves," Royal Palm Beach High principal Jesus Armas said.

"This room is great. We appreciate the American Heart Association and Tire Kingdom for helping us out with this. It's great for the staff, it's great for the school and it's great for the community."

The Palm Beach County school district is the 10th-largest in the country and fifth-largest in Florida. The district has 22,600 employees, including more than 12,900 teachers.

"We are excited to further develop our partnership with the American Heart Association by sponsoring, volunteering and promoting new initiatives in Palm Beach County," Brian Maciak, executive vice president, general counsel and chief compliance officer of TBC Corp. parent of Tire Kingdom, said.

"We are committed to building a culture of health and wellness and reimagining the staff lounge at Royal Palm Beach High School allowed us the opportunity to work together to build a healthy Palm Beach County."