RBI Austin Blog

 

Supporting Austin’s Inner-city Youth

2017 Impact Report

  Love of the game? Passionate about helping inner-city youth? Deeply believe relational programs like gospel-centered mentoring lead to life-long transformation? Whatever your reason for engagement, we’re grateful for you and for what you bring to our RBI Austin team. Join us in celebrating what you’ve made possible this year. View our impact report.   Why inner-city youth? Did you...

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October Volunteer Orientation 10/10

October Volunteer Orientation Interested in serving with RBI Austin? Join us for our October Volunteer Orientation to learn more about us as well as current ways to get involved. Dinner is on us! Year-Round Volunteer Roles – Jr. RBI baseball & softball clinics – Mentors – RBI Afterschool at Oak Springs Elementary – RBI Sno Cone Booth at elementary schools – Field Maintenance – Event Planning...

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A new school year with future leaders and mutually transformative relationships…

New School Year, Same Focus As the season shifts from summer to fall, we're all breathing a little easier, falling back into normal rhythms, and getting excited about all the Lord has in store for this new season! With the start of a new school year, we're dreaming big dreams for our RBI Austin kiddos and praying the Lord continues to use the RBI Mentoring Program to develop our mentees into the...

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Reckless Kelly Celebrity Softball Jam 9/10

Reckless Kelly Celebrity Softball Jam Sunday, September 10 Dell Diamond Round Rock, Texas Softball, music, and a good cause? Attend the Reckless Kelly Celebrity Softball Jam on Sunday, September 10 at Dell Diamond, and support RBI Austin kids at the same time! [video width="1280" height="720"...

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Why RBI Austin? Q&A with Curtis Thigpen

Q&A with Curtis Thigpen The city that I love, the game that I love, and the gospel of Jesus Christ.  Meet Curtis Thigpen and his family. The Thigpens have been faithful donors and champions for RBI Austin over the past 8 years. Hear how Curtis describes what we do and what it means to him. Share with us a little bit about yourself (hometown, college, careers, family). I’m from Forney, Texas...

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Summer Volunteer Roles

Summer Volunteer Roles You’ve heard it before, “Teamwork makes the dream work.” This couldn’t be more true for RBI Austin’s summer leagues. As we’ve grown from 118 kids to more than 1,171 kids, so has our need for gameday volunteers. So whether you are behind the scenes assisting with gameday logistics, helping keep score on the sidelines, or in the thick of the action with the kids in the...

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RBI Austin Mission + Culture

RBI Austin Mission + Culture If you’ve been around RBI Austin for any length of time, you know that  we love the games of baseball and softball, but there is so much more to our programs than that, and it starts our volunteers. MISSION RBI Austin’s mission is to engage and develop inner-city Austin youth athletically, academically, and spiritually, empowering them to lead the transformation of...

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