White Pony Express (WPE), one of the most active food recovery organizations in California, has reached the halfway mark in its year-end campaign. This annual fundraising campaign needs to raise $600,000 by December 31st to support the organization’s critical operations during the first quarter of 2025.
Three angel donors just offered to match up to $150,000 toward WPE’s fundraising campaign. WPE sponsor, Villarreal Hutner PC, the Clementina Foundation, and Charlie and Karen Couric stepped up to ensure WPE can provide fresh, healthy food and other essentials to vulnerable, underserved neighbors across Contra Costa County.
If you donate today, it will double. With the community’s support, WPE can turn $150,000 into $300,000.
“No one needs to go to bed without food or survival essentials. WPE relies on the community’s support to deliver on our promise to ensure high-quality food and goods are delivered to those that need them most and not delivered to landfills,” says Eve Birge, WPE’s CEO.
Funds raised will cover essential operational costs including food transportation and storage, distribution center operations, and community outreach, ensuring uninterrupted service to thousands of individuals who rely on WPE every day.
About White Pony Express (WPE): Founded in 2013 by Dr. Carol Weyland Conner, WPE is a volunteer-powered 501(c)(3) organization with a mission to eliminate hunger and poverty by delivering the abundance all around us to those in need—with love. WPE’s Food Rescue Program operates seven days a week, recovering a daily average of 12,000+ pounds of high-quality, surplus, fresh food from over 80 local food outlets. This nutritious food is redistributed within 24 hours to 100 nonprofit partner recipients who feed the hungry in our county. Since its inception, WPE has rescued and delivered more than 28 million pounds of nutritious food—equal to 23 million meals—and prevented more than 27,000 tons of CO2 emissions from entering the air we breathe. All WPE services are provided free of charge.