Liberty Tire Recycling said its employees, business partners and supporters raised $195,000 in 2026 for Blessings in a Backpack, a national nonprofit that provides weekend food to school-aged children who might otherwise go hungry. The company disclosed the total in a release datelined Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, timed to National Childhood Hunger Awareness Day and World Food Day.
The 2026 figure comes in the third year of the partnership. According to Liberty, the money was raised through the Liberty Cares Charity Golf Tournament and through contributions from partners.
Thomas Womble, chief executive of Liberty Tire Recycling, said the company has raised more than $400,000 and packed more than 16,000 food packs for children in need over the three years. He credited employees for giving their time and effort to the project, and customers and partners for committing time and resources, and said he was proud to be part of the team.
Liberty said the partnership began after employees were asked what mattered most to them and answered that they wanted to support a cause that helps children and fights hunger. Blessings in a Backpack, the company said, does both.
Packing events at five locations
Employees at five Liberty sites are scheduled to pack food packs of weekend meals at events in late October: Santa Fe Springs, California; Midlothian, Texas; Minerva, Ohio; Jackson, Georgia; and Portland, Oregon. Together the teams expect to pack 6,500 bags of weekend meals for local Blessings in a Backpack programs.
Alexis Hartman, manager of corporate partnerships, Midwest, at Blessings in a Backpack, thanked Liberty's leadership, customers and employees as well as the outings' donors and sponsors, saying more than $195,000 was raised this year to benefit the organization's mission and work. She said the organization was grateful to the entire Liberty community for its support year after year.
Notes for sites that are not packing
Employees across the company are also taking part in a notecard activity, writing and coloring notes of encouragement that go into the bags students take home. Liberty said the activity gives every location a way to participate, including sites that are not hosting a packing event.
Liberty raised $87,805 in the first year of the partnership in 2024 and $132,785 in 2025, so the reported total has grown in each year of the partnership. The three disclosed annual figures add up to $415,590, and the company said it has now raised more than $415,000 for Blessings in a Backpack over three years. Womble's reference to more than $400,000 is consistent with that three-year total.