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Delaware and the surrounding states during the pandemic and help nonprofits and schools to save money by buying it bulk. Although its focus is on Delaware, this
year it shipped supplies to Ukraine, Africa, Kentucky, Jamaica and Mississippi as well. The team is preparing to have a convoy for shipment to Florida.
He serves on the board of Catholic Charities, Leadership Delaware, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Delaware, the Delaware Police Chiefs Foundation and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, plus advisory boards for Christiana Care and Easterseals.
He co-founded The Dave Tiberi Youth Center and founded Delaware Decision Makers, a monthly panel discussion on “topics that will move Delaware forward” (although it’s on a pandemic hiatus).
Since 1992, he has taught defensive tactics to recruits in the Delaware State Police and local agencies. Most mornings he heads to the gym at 5, where he hosts a boxing-based fitness and training program called Dave Tiberi’s Boxing Boot Camp.
Tiberi grew up attending a nondenominational church and today belongs to Parkview Assembly of God near Newark, where he has become close friends with pastor Chris Dito.
Biblical quotes decorate the walls of his Hockessin home, and he also noted a secular one in his youngest daughter’s bedroom: “Don’t let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.”
“God and his word holds me accountable,” he said, noting that the Scriptures provide guidelines on what to avoid (like gluttony) and what to do (like helping one another). “Everybody has good intentions,” he said.
He’s been inspired to “step out” and speak out about his faith, including taping biblical verses on the walls of the boxing gym, next to the pictures of scantily clad women. “My goal is to always earn a seat at the table with people,” he said. “I’m willing to do anything to help anybody, and at the same time, then it’s up to them to help themselves and also to get grounded.”
In his motivational speeches, he likes to talk about the camaraderie of boxing camp. “I lived with a diverse group of men, Hispanic and black, from all different cultures (Bernard Hopkins, Stevie Little, Robert Hines and Prince Charles Williams), and we became brothers. We all came up together. We made a commitment to help each other and hold each other accountable. This commitment led to all five of us winning world titles.” IAH
Dave Tiberi on stage with fellow honorees (from left) Shelley Williams of the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino; boxing portrait artist Patrick Killian; boxing judge Jackie Atkins and New Jersey Realtor Jordan Counts.
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