Story Highlights: 

• Solane, through long-time distributor, Quickway Gas Center, donated LPG tanks and accessories to The Philippine Red Cross’ “Hot Meals on Wheels” program in Cebu to cook meals for 600 medical frontliners. 
• Along with the feeding of health workers in Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center, “Hot Meals on Wheels” fed the those affected by COVID-19 in towns, municipalities, and cities across Cebu. 

As the country grapples with the new wave of more contagious coronavirus variants, the local healthcare system, especially the medical frontliners, are faced with the challenge of containing the daily surge of COVID-19 cases.  

Keeping medical workers’ hard work in mind, the country’s most trusted LPG brand Solane powered “Hot Meals On Wheels”, a feeding program led by humanitarian organization, The Philippine Red Cross (PRC).  Through the initiative of Quickway Gas Center, a Cebu-based distributor that has been a partner of Solane for 50 years, the company donated LPG tanks and accessories that were used to cook the meals distributed to 600 medical frontliners in Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center in August. 

“Our medical practitioners are at the forefront of our fight against COVID-19, and Solane is always ready to support their efforts,” said Valeri Villano, Marketing Manager of Isla LPG. “It’s our first year joining this initiative with the Philippine Red Cross and we look forward to more years where we can join hands in giving back to the society and the community we belong in.”

PRC’s “Hot Meals On Wheels” is a feeding program that started in 2005 for the purpose of providing meals to those affected by disasters, calamities, and other adversities like the COVID-19 pandemic.

This year, two vehicles running all across Cebu’s towns and cities served those who are currently affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The drive is expected to deploy two more food trucks to extend the service to the community in the coming days.

“As PRC focused on feeding the most vulnerable, our donation reached the frontliners to altogether provide aid during the implementation of strict lockdowns. While we all look forward for this pandemic to be over, we in Solane are ready to extend our help in any way possible, to genuinely contribute in promoting the welfare of Filipinos,” Villano concluded.