A Brief History
Our Mission
Our Vision
Operating Costs
Serving More Than $6 million of Food in the Last 7 Years
20+ Years in the Making
RBI begins with one goal – to love our neighbors as ourselves! With a Chevy cargo van, a one-ton Ford truck, canned and nonperishable in-kind food items, RBI opened a food pantry out of a church closet as a way to provide food for those that lacked the finances to provide food for themselves and their family.
RBI receives nonprofit status from the state of Florida.
RBI begins picking up, receiving, and delivering in-kind food donations five days a week.
RBI relocates to an in-kind warehouse facility and begins a Saturday Pantry and Food Distribution program.
As the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office chaplain, our founder, Pastor Dan, learns that as Sheriff’s are responding to emergency calls, they are discovering that some families do not have food in their households. Knowing RBI could help with this dire need, Palm Beach County Sheriff’s “Families in Crisis” is launched.
RBI provides more than 500,000 pounds of nutritional food to over 50,000 adults and children monthly.
Our Founder's Story
Pastor Dan saw firsthand how unexpected expenses could cause a low-income household to become food insecure. Witnessing people trying to decide if they should pay their electric bill or buy groceries moved him into further action. He was filled with compassion and made it his life’s mission to help the food insecure one canned good at a time. Knowing how hard it can be to make daily ends meet, Pastor Dan serves those in need without judgment or hesitation. As he has provided for others, he has seen his own needs met, along with the needs of RBI at an organizational level.
“When you give from your heart with no intention of receiving anything back, it is incredible what happens, not just in yourself as a person, but in the community around you. People began showing up and meeting organizational needs beyond food, we began to receive refrigerated truck donations, and a pallet jack donation for our warehouse facility. It has been and continues to be an incredible mission to be a part of. It doesn’t matter your age, or how much you have in your pantry or your bank account, anyone can make a difference! People need to see kindness, love, mercy, and grace in action, to know that they are not suffering alone, meeting people’s food provisional needs has given them something beyond food, it has given them hope and people all over the world need hope.”