Liberty Tire Recycling Raises $195,000 to Fight Childhood Hunger
Liberty Tire Recycling has raised $195,000 in 2026 to support children facing food insecurity through its ongoing partnership with Blessings in a Backpack, a national nonprofit organization that provides weekend meals to school-aged children who may otherwise go hungry. The fundraising achievement reflects the combined efforts of Liberty Tire Recycling employees, business partners, customers, donors, and supporters who have joined forces to address childhood hunger in communities across the United States.
Announced in recognition of National Childhood Hunger Awareness Day and World Food Day, the contribution highlights Liberty Tire Recycling’s continued commitment to community engagement and charitable initiatives. The funds were generated through the company’s Liberty Cares Charity Golf Tournament and contributions from its business partners, helping expand support for children and families experiencing food insecurity.
The 2026 fundraising campaign marks the third year of Liberty Tire Recycling’s partnership with Blessings in a Backpack. Since the collaboration began in 2024, the company and its supporters have raised more than $415,000 to help advance the nonprofit’s mission. The partnership has also supported hands-on volunteering, including the preparation of thousands of food packs for students who need reliable access to meals over the weekend.
Liberty Tire Recycling Expands Its Fight Against Childhood Hunger
Childhood hunger remains an important community challenge, particularly for students who depend on school meal programs during the week but may have limited access to nutritious food when school is closed. Blessings in a Backpack works to address this gap by providing bags of food that children can take home for weekend consumption.
Liberty Tire Recycling’s fundraising efforts help support this mission by bringing together employees, customers, business partners, and community supporters. Rather than limiting its involvement to financial contributions, the company has encouraged its workforce to participate directly in activities designed to help children and families.
The $195,000 raised in 2026 represents another significant step in the partnership’s development. Through the Liberty Cares Charity Golf Tournament, the company has created an opportunity for its business network to contribute to a charitable cause while strengthening relationships among participating organizations.
Partner contributions have also played an important role in the campaign’s success. The combined support demonstrates how businesses can work with nonprofit organizations to address community needs through fundraising, volunteering, and long-term collaboration.
For Liberty Tire Recycling, the initiative reflects an effort to connect corporate social responsibility with a cause that employees identified as particularly meaningful.
Three Years of Fundraising Deliver More Than $415,000
Liberty Tire Recycling’s partnership with Blessings in a Backpack has grown steadily since its launch in 2024. The company’s annual fundraising totals demonstrate increasing support for the initiative over its first three years.
In the first year, Liberty Tire Recycling raised $87,805 for the nonprofit. In 2025, the amount increased to $132,785. The 2026 campaign generated another $195,000, bringing the total raised over the three-year partnership to more than $415,000.
The figures illustrate the growing participation of employees, customers, donors, and business partners in the company’s charitable efforts. Each annual campaign has added to the resources available to support children who experience food insecurity.
The partnership has also produced practical results beyond fundraising. According to Liberty Tire Recycling CEO Thomas Womble, the collaboration has helped pack more than 16,000 food packs for children in need over the three-year period.
These efforts combine financial assistance with direct community involvement. While donations help sustain the nonprofit’s work, food-packing activities allow volunteers to contribute their time and energy to preparing meals for students.
The growing fundraising total reflects the importance of continued cooperation between businesses and nonprofit organizations. By maintaining the partnership over several years, Liberty Tire Recycling has helped establish a consistent source of support for Blessings in a Backpack and the children served by its programs.
CEO Thomas Womble Recognizes Employees and Partners
Thomas Womble, CEO of Liberty Tire Recycling, credited the company’s employees, customers, and business partners for making the fundraising campaign possible. He emphasized that the initiative depends on the willingness of people throughout the organization and its wider business community to contribute their time and resources.
“In three years, we have raised over $400,000 and packed more than 16,000 food packs for kids in need. This is only possible with the employees at Liberty giving their time and effort to this project, and customers and partners committing their time and resources,” Womble said.
He also expressed appreciation for everyone involved in the campaign, highlighting the collective effort behind the partnership’s achievements.
“Thank you to everyone who made this possible—I am proud to be part of this team,” he added.
Womble’s comments underscore the importance of employee participation in corporate charitable programs. The initiative has relied on people across Liberty Tire Recycling who have volunteered for activities, supported fundraising events, and helped build relationships with the nonprofit and its supporters.
The involvement of customers and business partners has also helped expand the reach of the program. Their contributions have enabled the company to raise funds while creating opportunities for the broader business community to support a shared social objective.
The partnership illustrates how charitable initiatives can become a collaborative effort involving employees, leadership, customers, suppliers, and other stakeholders.
Employee Feedback Helped Shape the Partnership
The decision to work with Blessings in a Backpack originated from feedback provided by Liberty Tire Recycling employees. When the company asked its workforce which causes mattered most to them, employees expressed a desire to support an initiative that would help children and address hunger.
Blessings in a Backpack aligned with both priorities.
The nonprofit’s focus on school-aged children and weekend food assistance provided Liberty Tire Recycling with a way to translate employee feedback into a sustained community initiative. By choosing a cause that employees considered meaningful, the company established a foundation for participation across its locations.
This employee-driven approach has helped make the partnership more than an annual fundraising campaign. It has encouraged staff members to participate in activities that have a direct connection to the communities where they work.
The partnership also provides opportunities for employees with different responsibilities and at different locations to contribute. Some participate through fundraising and donations, while others assist with food-packing events or write messages of encouragement for children.
By offering several ways to get involved, Liberty Tire Recycling can encourage participation among employees who may not be able to attend a particular event. The approach supports a shared sense of purpose while helping the nonprofit deliver assistance to children who need it.
Five Liberty Locations to Pack 6,500 Weekend Meal Bags
As part of the 2026 initiative, employees at five Liberty Tire Recycling locations are scheduled to participate in food-packing events in late October. The activities will take place in Santa Fe Springs, California; Midlothian, Texas; Minerva, Ohio; Jackson, Georgia; and Portland, Oregon.
Together, the teams will pack 6,500 bags of weekend meals for local Blessings in a Backpack programs.
These events represent the practical side of the partnership, allowing employees to contribute directly to the preparation of food packs that children can take home. The bags are intended to help students access food during weekends, when school-based meal programs may not be available.
Organizing activities at multiple facilities also gives employees an opportunity to support communities in different parts of the country. Each participating location can contribute to the broader effort while helping local nonprofit programs reach children in their service areas.
The planned food-packing events build on the more than 16,000 food packs associated with the partnership over its first three years. Combined with the financial contributions raised through the annual campaign, these activities demonstrate the partnership’s emphasis on both funding and hands-on service.
The late-October schedule also provides a focal point for employees to participate in a shared charitable activity. By working together to prepare the meal bags, volunteers can see how their contributions support the nonprofit’s work and help address a specific community need.
Encouragement Notes Bring a Personal Touch
In addition to fundraising and food-packing activities, Liberty Tire Recycling employees across the company are participating in a notecard initiative. Workers will write and color messages of encouragement that will be placed inside the bags students take home.
The activity is designed to add a personal element to the food assistance provided through Blessings in a Backpack. Alongside the meals, children will receive notes intended to offer encouragement and remind them that members of their communities care about their well-being.
The notecard initiative also enables employees at facilities that are not hosting food-packing events to participate in the partnership. This allows more locations to contribute without needing to organize a separate packing activity.
Employees can take part by creating handwritten messages and adding color to the cards, making the activity accessible to people across the organization. The cards will then accompany the food bags distributed through local programs.
Although the notes are a small part of the overall campaign, they extend the partnership beyond fundraising totals and food distribution. They give employees another way to connect with the children the initiative is intended to support.
The activity also reinforces the company’s broader emphasis on community involvement by encouraging staff members to contribute through practical and personal gestures.
Blessings in a Backpack Thanks Liberty’s Supporters
Blessings in a Backpack has recognized the contributions made by Liberty Tire Recycling, its leadership, employees, customers, and business partners. The nonprofit also acknowledged the donors and sponsors who supported the fundraising outings.
Alexis Hartman, Manager of Corporate Partnerships, Midwest, at Blessings in a Backpack, expressed gratitude for the support provided through the campaign.
“Thanks to the generosity of Liberty, their leadership, customers, and employees as well as the outings’ donors and sponsors, over $195,000 was raised this year to benefit the mission and work of Blessings in a Backpack,” Hartman said.
Hartman also highlighted the value of the company’s continued participation in supporting children who need the nonprofit’s services.
“We couldn’t be more grateful to the entire Liberty community for the care, compassion, and kindness provided year after year to support children in need of our services. Thank you from the bottom of our backpacks!” Hartman added.
The nonprofit’s response highlights the importance of sustained corporate support in helping charitable organizations continue their work. Contributions from businesses and their networks can provide financial resources while also bringing volunteers and community awareness to an issue.
Liberty Tire Recycling’s three-year commitment has combined these forms of support, helping Blessings in a Backpack pursue its mission of providing weekend food to children.
Corporate Social Responsibility and Community Partnerships
The initiative demonstrates how companies can incorporate community engagement into their broader business activities. By combining an annual fundraising event with employee volunteering and partner contributions, Liberty Tire Recycling has developed several ways for stakeholders to support a shared cause.
The Liberty Cares Charity Golf Tournament provides a fundraising platform, while food-packing events create opportunities for direct service. The notecard activity extends participation to employees who may not be located at one of the five packing sites.
These activities illustrate the value of offering different opportunities for involvement. Employees and business partners can contribute according to their availability and resources, helping build a wider network of support around the nonprofit’s work.
The partnership also demonstrates how employee feedback can inform corporate charitable priorities. By selecting an organization that addresses both childhood hunger and children’s well-being, Liberty Tire Recycling responded to a cause its workforce identified as important.
For businesses seeking to support local communities, the initiative offers an example of how financial donations and practical volunteering can complement each other. A continuing relationship with a nonprofit can also help maintain engagement beyond a single fundraising event.
Liberty Tire Recycling’s 2026 campaign marks another milestone in its partnership with Blessings in a Backpack. With $195,000 raised this year and more than $415,000 contributed since 2024, the company and its supporters have expanded their assistance to programs serving children who face food insecurity.
The planned packing of 6,500 weekend meal bags at five company locations, together with the employee notecard activity, adds direct volunteer participation to the fundraising effort.
The partnership’s results reflect the combined contributions of employees, leadership, customers, business partners, donors, and sponsors. Their involvement has helped support the nonprofit’s work while creating opportunities for people across Liberty Tire Recycling to take part in a common community goal.
As the company continues its charitable activities, its collaboration with Blessings in a Backpack highlights the role that sustained partnerships can play in addressing childhood hunger. Through fundraising, volunteering, and personal messages of encouragement, Liberty Tire Recycling is helping provide resources and support for children who might otherwise go without weekend meals.
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