Zonta Club members, Carol Manley, from left, Sharleen Hunt and Jaye Latch sort through donated items Saturday during the Gifts of Giving fundraiser. (Kevin Green/Longview News-Journal)

Longview resident Sharon McCord, left, drops off items to Zonta Club member Jaye Latch on Saturday during the Gifts of Giving fundraiser. (Kevin Green/Longview News-Journal)

Zonta Club member Carol Manley collects donated items Saturday during the Gifts of Giving fundraiser at a drop-off point. (Kevin Green/Longview News-Journal)

The Zonta Club of Longview, Texas, USA, put on a Gifts of Giving fundraiser on Saturday, 5 December, to benefit victims of abuse and sex trafficking. The event, held at a local high school, is part of the club’s Zonta Says NO to Violence against Women campaign.

The club asked community members to donate items such as restaurant gift cards, clothes, bedding, hygiene items, over-the-counter medicines and more. The donations went to Refuge of Light, For the Silent, Women’s Center of East Texas and Rahab’s Retreat.

Longview residents volunteered at the fundraiser, along with members from the Zonta Club of Longview and Longview High School Z Club.