Zonta Club of Cebu II joined forces with the Mandaue City government, women NGOs and 52 club members as they each pooled resources to conduct one of the biggest community pantries in Mandaue City. This Zonta community pantry was a service that provided food and other resources directly to locals and the disenfranchised members of the LGBTQ sector, who suffered from food insecurity and the lack of essential supplies due to restricted mobility imposed by the pandemic. The community pantry operated on a trust system and encouraged donors to give what they could, and recipients to take only as much as they needed. Tables were filled with canned goods, staples, fruits, vegetables, and sanitation essentials. The pantry was able to provide food and basic necessities for 300 households with at least 6 persons per family, hygiene kits for 800 people who were selected from the least privileged families in different villages of Mandaue City.
