Wendy Taylor Helps The Hungry With Barrels Of Love In Decatur

By Karim Shamsi-Basha

Love comes in all shapes and sizes. Wendy Taylor found a way to deliver love by the barrel-full.

Taylor started Barrels of Love six years ago as an emergency food and shelter program for the needy in Decatur. Taylor was discussing with Gayle Monk how Monk’s pantry at the Committee on Church Cooperation nonprofit would be empty by February. They tried to figure out how to keep their shelves stocked all year.

“I went back to my management team at my place of business and said we needed to do something,” Taylor said. “We discovered we have industries up and down the river but no events that incorporate everyone together. What a great thing it would be to have an industry-wide food drive.”

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