Barrels of Love

03/09/2026

It was another banner year for Barrels and Boxes of Love! The community rallied to donate more than 35,000 items for the second year in a row. The top company - and winner of this year's Golden Barrel - was Indorama Ventures Xylenes and PTA (IVXP) with 8,607 items raised! The silver barrel went to Ascend with 4,843 and the bronze barrel was claimed by Beltline Church of Christ Youth Group with 4,770 items. The youth group also packaged more than 24,300 items for Decatur City and Morgan County Schools backpack programs that will provide 15 meals and 12 snacks for students over spring break. Other donations went to Salvation Army of Decatur and the Committee on Church Cooperation. The BOL committee is also looking at support for other local feeding programs in the area so stay tuned! Thank you to students from Austin High and Eva Jr. High Ambassadors. Your help was greatly appreciated. And thanks to IVXP's Donna Sawyer who chaired this year's event AND knocked it out of the park with her company's collection effort. Thanks to Beltline Church of Christ for hosting. And to all those who came out to volunteer last Friday.

03/03/2026

Collection Day is this Friday! It's not too late to grab a box, fill it up with non-perishable food items and bring it to Beltline Church of Christ Friday between 8 and 12. OR drop it by DU's main lobby by mid-afternoon on Thursday. ALL donations are welcome - big and small. If you are going for the golden, silver or bronze barrel for most items collected, make sure to count your INDIVIDUAL items and bring your total on Friday. More info at www.barrelsoflovemorgan.com - see you Friday!

02/24/2026

Enjoyed hanging out with Katy Ganaway at WLRH last week to talk about Barrels of Love. Hope your campaign is going well! It's not too late! Grab some boxes, collect those items and bring them to Beltline Church of Christ on Fri, March 6 from 8-12. www.barrelsoflovemorgan.com

02/13/2026

We had a great kickoff event! Thanks to UWMC for hosting, CCC for the tour of its food pantry and United Community Bank for providing breakfast! Now, it's off to the races! Pick up your boxes at UW or CCC, fill them up with non-perishable food items and bring to Beltline Church of Christ on Friday, March 6 from 8a-12n for Collection Day! ANYONE can participate - large industry, small business, civic groups, Sunday school classes...even individuals. EVERY donation is welcome! Visit barrelsoflovemorgan.com for more info!

02/09/2026

Hey everyone! Barrels and Boxes of Love kicks off this Friday with a kickoff event at United Way of Morgan County at 7 a.m. followed by a tour of the Committee on Church Cooperation (CCC) food pantry. Collect non-perishable food items at your place of business, industry, church group, civic group or school and bring them to Beltline Church of Christ on Friday, March 6 from 8 a.m. - 12 noon! Items will be distributed to food pantries at CCC and Salvation Army of Decatur as well as the backpack feeding programs for Decatur City and Morgan County Schools! Monetary donations are also welcome and will help us support other local feeding programs as well. More info at www.barrelsoflovemorgan.com and on Facebook .

01/21/2026

Barrels (and Boxes) of Love kicks off Friday, Feb. 13th with a kickoff event at United Way of Morgan County at 7 a.m. and a tour of the Committee on Church Cooperation facility and food pantry. Join us and pick up boxes for your place of business. Collection Day will be Friday, March 6 from 8a-12p at Beltline Church of Christ. Visit barrelsoflovemorgan.com for more info. Look for more details on our kickoff event coming SOON! Donna Sawyer of IVXP is this year's chairperson.

03/11/2025

UPDATE! INEOS Styrolution brought in a donation of 8,000 items. They were unable to deliver on Collection Day due to an unexpected conflict at the plant - but the items have now been delivered. That puts INEOS Styrolution in third place and the winner of the Bronze barrel. Thanks!

03/03/2025

The 2025 Barrels of Love Campaign was a tremendous success with more than 35,000 items donated to food pantries at the Salvation Army of Decatur, the Committee on Church Cooperation and backpack feeding programs at Decatur City and Morgan County Schools! Ascend Performance Materials took the Golden Barrel with 10,780 items donated. IVXP won the silver barrel with 8,192 and Daikin America's 3,413 items earned them the bronze barrel. Joe Wheeler EMC won the Utility Company Challenge with 12.46 items donated per employee while Decatur Utilities brought in the most total items 1,908. Thank you to our volunteers from Brewer High, Austin High, Morgan County EMA and others who helped. Thanks also to Beltline Church of Christ for hosting and packing backpacks, Marco's Pizza for lunch and Pepsi of Decatur for drinks. Thanks to Logan Johnson of Daikin-America for an outstanding job chairing this year's drive.

02/28/2025

We are at Beltline Church of Christ collecting items until 12!

02/25/2025

Will your company take home the soon-to-be-coveted Golden Barrel for bringing in the most items for the Barrels of Love non-perishable food drive? We'll find out at Collection Day THIS FRIDAY at Beltline Church of Christ from 8-noon! It's not too late! Collect those items and bring them in Friday! www.barrelsoflovemorgan.com

02/24/2025

Tick...tick...tick! Friday is Collection Day for Barrels of Love. Don't forget, we are now located at Beltline Church of Christ gymnasium (around back) and volunteers will be there from 8-12 on Friday taking your donations! Keep running those drives at your place of businesses. Individual donations are also welcome! See you Friday! www.barrelsoflovemorgan.com

02/21/2025

We are just ONE WEEK away from Collection Day! It's not too late to start a non-perishable food drive at your church or place of business. Drop collected items off at Beltline Church of Christ next Friday, Feb. 28 from 8-12. (Pull around back to the gymnasium.) Find a list of recommended items at www.barrelsoflovemorgan.com. Items benefit food pantries at Salvation Army of Decatur, the Committee on Church Cooperation and backpack feeding programs at Decatur City and Morgan County Schools.

No more barrels - BUT pick up your boxes at United Way of Morgan County (115 1st Ave. NE Decatur) or the Committee on Church Cooperation located next door.