This isn’t the Battle’s first time serving the community as Rich Juice Bar is an extension of the RICH (Restoring Inner City Hope) program.

Michael’s upbringing in Cherry Hill, watching the crime rate increase pushed him to want to enact change. At first, it started with the idea of hosting a prayer walk in his neighborhood back in 2011. Then, along with his wife and friends, it transformed into creating the Disciple Street Team, which developed into RICH.

Now, the team has an annual prayer walk and a full-service community resource center that houses an after-school program, a workforce development program, family support services, and more, according to the program’s website.

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