Ways to Help
Monetary Donations
Supporters can make a donation by cash, check, or credit card. Payable to BACM, sent to 939 Norton Ave, Barberton OH 44203.
Host A Food Drive
Families, businesses, churches & groups can collect non-perishable foods to donate directly to the food pantry any time of the year.
Recycle 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.
Volunteer
Help is needed to unload the food truck at 10am on Mon; stock shelves, fill grocery bags on Mon & Wed and assist during the pantry on Tues & Thurs. Call the office for details.
Birthday Bags
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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.
New Chewy Customers
Order your pet supplies from Chewy and they will donate $20 to BACM. Go to www.chewy.com/rp/10182 to register.
Meat & Freezer Raffle
Thank you to everyone who purchased a Meat & Freezer raffle ticket. Congrats to winner, John McCollough! John won a Side of Beef & Chest Freezer from South Summit Chamber of Commerce.
BACM Bingo
Best BACM Bingo ever! Thank you to all of our guests, game sponsors, raffle donors, prize donors, supply donors, and volunteers. We couldn't have such a successful night without all of YOU!
Business Surplus
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 & Amazon!
Coin Jar Donations
Drop your spare change in the coin jars around town; Leach's Meats & Sweet and Enchanted Cafe. We are open to new coin jar locations. Let us know if we can add a BACM collection jar to your business counter.
Facebook Fundraisers
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.
Bags of Love
We encourage the community to fill brown paper bags with essential toiletries in January & February to be given to families visiting the pantry. We received 463 bags this year!
Online Order
Would you like to make a donation, but you are unable to deliver to us? Consider placing an order through Instacart, Walmart, Amazon, or DoorDash and have items delivered directly to BACM, 939 Norton Ave, Barberton OH 44203 on Mon-Thur.
Give Extra Produce
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 do not accept
milk, cheese or eggs.
Donate Toiletries
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, toothbrushes and toothpaste.
Barberton Moose Bingo
Members of the Barberton Moose Lodge #759 have selected BACM as their charity to benefit from club bingo sales. Each time members play at the Moose, they are benefitting BACM. Thank you!
Acme Community Cash Back
ACME Fresh Market's Community Cash Back program runs 8/1/26-2/15/27. Thank you for donating your receipts to BACM last year raising $852.87 for the food pantry.
Wayside Furniture
We encourage you to donate up to $100 to BACM & Wayside will match it. Hand-deliver your check to Wayside 11/27-11/30. Last year, we raised $6,070 with your help.