Adopt-a-community-pantry initiative launched听听
Organizers of the country鈥檚 first community pantry launched its Adopt听A听Community Pantry Project (ACCP) today, Aug. 23, to sustain the spontaneous听产补测补苍颈丑补苍听effort that has grown into听more than 6,700 pantries nationwide.听
The movement has also partnered with De La Salle Brothers, Inc., and Ateneo de Manila鈥檚 Tanging Yaman Foundation to receive donations and provide official receipts and certificates of tax deduction for donors who require such.听听
Ana Patricia B. Non, organizer of the first community pantry in Quezon City鈥檚 Maginhawa Street, set up a kindness cart in April amid a surge in coronavirus infections to help people affected by the prolonged lockdowns. A cardboard sign in the cart bore the note 鈥淕ive what you can, take what you need.鈥澨 听
鈥Minsan听humihina听din ang听donations [Sometimes, donations taper off],鈥 said Ms. Non at today鈥檚 event.听
To institutionalize the assistance the pantries have been extending to the food insecure, the ACCP recommends getting in touch with听,听, or sending a message to听[email protected]听for the听Maginhawa听Community Pantry to find a beneficiary pantry on the donor鈥檚 behalf.听听
It also recommends family, friends, village associations, or parishes to pool resources to commit to supporting a pantry for a period of time. In-kind donations of books, school supplies, hygiene essentials, are also welcome.听听
Those who need a receipt and a report on where and how their听cash听donations听were听used can go through:听听听
- Tanging Yaman Foundation, Inc.
Metrobank Peso Checking Account
Account number: #448-7-44800988-9
E-mail: [email protected]听听
- De La Salle Brothers, Inc.
RCBC Greenhills Business Center
Account number: 7590-569081
E-mail: [email protected]听听
All donors will remain anonymous.听听
鈥淭his is a compelling story of the听Good听Book, when 5,000 people in a desert were fed with two fish and five loaves,鈥 said Bro. Armin A. Luistro, FSC,听former听president of De La Salle University who also served as Education Secretary. 鈥淚t鈥檚 something that is beautiful in its smallness and inspiring in its greatness.鈥 鈥斕Patricia B. Mirasol听
