Liberty Tire Recycling said its employees, business partners and supporters raised $195,000 in 2026 for Blessings in a Backpack, a national nonprofit that supplies weekend food to school-aged children who might otherwise go hungry. The company tied the announcement to National Childhood Hunger Awareness Day and World Food Day.
The total marks the third year of the partnership. Funds came through the Liberty Cares Charity Golf Tournament and contributions from partners, according to Liberty. Earlier campaigns brought in $87,805 in 2024 and $132,785 in 2025, putting the three-year total above $415,000.
“In three years, we have raised over $400,000 and packed more than 16,000 food packs for kids in need,” CEO Thomas Womble said in the announcement, crediting employees' time and effort along with customers' and partners' resources.
Packing events at five sites
Employees at five Liberty locations — Santa Fe Springs, California; Midlothian, Texas; Minerva, Ohio; Jackson, Georgia; and Portland, Oregon — plan to pack weekend meal bags at events in late October. Together the teams expect to fill 6,500 bags for local Blessings in a Backpack programs.
Employees company-wide are also writing and coloring notes of encouragement to be placed in the bags students take home, an activity Liberty described as a way for every site to take part, including locations that are not hosting a packing event.
The partnership began after employees told Liberty that, when asked what mattered most to them, they wanted to support a cause that helps children and fights hunger.
Alexis Hartman, manager of corporate partnerships, Midwest, at Blessings in a Backpack, said more than $195,000 was raised this year to benefit the organization's mission and work, thanking Liberty's leadership, customers and employees as well as the outings' donors and sponsors.