Recycle Your Plastic Bags
Drop off clean, hole-free plastic or paper bags during office hours or add to the outside bag barrel anytime. We can also use strong, handled Aldi-style bags for home deliveries.
Save the Date - Sat. July 29, 2023
What an amazing event in 2022! People Check and Block 7 Bar & Grill hosted the 2nd annual Poker Run on Saturday, July 30, 2022. With the help of an anonymous $10K donor, we raised over $35,000 for the pantry!
2023 Bags of Love
We encourage the community to fill brown paper bags with essential toiletries in Jan & Feb to be given to families visiting the pantry. We received 566 bags in 2023!
Barberton Christmas Walk
The new committee is committed to kicking off the holiday season, the Saturday after Thanksgiving each year. They selected BACM as its charitable cause. We received $5,057 in 2022.
Food Drive
Families, businesses, churches & groups can collect non-perishable foods to donate directly to the food pantry.
Facebook Fundraiser
Facebook users can create a fundraiser to benefit BACM. From your menu page, select Community Resources, Select Fundraisers, tap raise money, search Nonprofit for Barberton Area Community Ministries. Then encourage your friends & family to donate. $1,145 raised in 2022.
Birthday Bags
We encourage you to fill a gift bag with party items, such as cake mix, icing, party hats, supplies, decorations, small gift, etc. Bags are given to clients having a birthday.
Barberton Social Club
Members of the Barberton Social Club, located on Sylvester Street, have selected BACM as their charity to benefit from club bingo sales.
2023 Norton Kiwanis Challenge
The 3rd Annual Norton Kiwanis matching fundraiser runs Oct 1- Dec 31. The Kiwanis will match dollar-for-dollar up to $11,500 for a total of $23K in '23. We exceeded our goal!
Coin Jar
Drop your spare change in the coin jars around town; Barberton Local Tees, Leach's Meats & Sweets, Hookers Towing, Echanted Cafe or Barberton Farmers Market. During 2022, we raised $1,317.30.
2022 Wayside Furniture Matching Funds
Wayside Furniture's After Thanksgiving Giving Event allowed donors to make a check donation to BACM up to $100 at the store Fri-Mon after Thanksgiving & they matched it. We raised $5,850 in 2022!
2022 New Franklin Fill A Cruiser
New Franklin's finest collected food donations from local porches on Sat. Oct 8 and deliver to BACM. They filled 3 cruisers full of food! Thanks to all who donated!
Place An Online Order
Would you like to make a donation, but you are unable to deliver to us? Consider placing an order thru Instacart, DoorDash, or Amazon and have items delivered directly to BACM, 939 Norton Ave, Barberton OH 44203, Mon-Thur 9AM-Noon.
New Chewy.com Customers
Order your pet supplies from Chewy and they will donate $20 to BACM. Go to www.chewy.com/rp/10182 to register.
2022 Labor Day BBQ & Music Festival
BACM volunteers manned a booth at the Labor Day Festival to celebrate the holiday & raise funds. Together, we earned $3,037.
Donate Toiletries & Paper Goods
BACM does not spend donated funds on toiletries or paper goods. We will gladly accept donations from the community; such as toilet paper, soap, shampoo, laundry soap & toothpaste.
Business Surplus Donations
Do you own or manage a store nearby? Consider donating your surplus foods, items close to expiring, products that didn't meet quality control but didn't affect the food, etc. Thanks to Leach's Meats & Sweets, Giant Eagle, Big Lots, and Dollar General for giving.
Monetary Donations
Supporters can make a donation by cash, check, or credit card. Payable to BACM, sent to 939 Norton Ave, Barberton OH 44203.
2023 BACM Bingo
Thanks to 191 guests, 23 volunteers & 40 donors we raised $7,055 at March's bingo game. We will plan for another event on Wed. Oct 18. Watch Facebook for details.
2022/2023 Community Collection Drive
Thank you to everyone that donated non-perishable & toiletry items for BACM by dropping off at City Hall or Lake Anna YMCA.
2022 ACME Community Cash Back
Thanks to everyone that donated their Community Cash Back receipts. The program runs Aug 1 - Dec 24. Together, we raised $806.07 in 2022.
Volunteer
Help is needed to unload the food truck at 10AM on Mondays; stock shelves, fill grocery bags on Mon & Wed and assist during the pantry on Tues & Thurs. ​Complete an application.
Give Your Extra Veggies
Local gardeners and farmers are welcome to donate their extra fresh veggies to BACM. Please drop off Mon-Thur 9AM-Noon. Due to safe handling concerns, we cannot accept milk, cheese or eggs.