This good deed was supported by her neighbor, Rosemarie dela Cruz who told one of the Tzu Chi volunteers about the excess stub as Melgie was overcame with shyness, “We could’ve shared that sack of rice between us because no one knows that she was given with two stubs (instead of one) but it is not right because it (rice stub) could already help another family.”
Ang kabutihang kanyang ginawa ay sinuportahan ng kanyang kapitbahay na si Rosemarie dela Cruz na ipinaalam sa isang Tzu Chi volunteer ang tungkol sa sobrang stub dahil nangingibabaw kay Melgie ang pagiging mahiyain, “Maaari sana naming paghatian ang bigas dahil wala namang nakaaalam na dalawang stubs (sa halip na isa) ang ibinigay sa amin ngunit mali iyon dahil ito (rice stub) ay maaari nang makatulong sa ibang pamilya.”