07/23/2020

PATCH

The high school students have made it their goal to fight hunger during the coronavirus pandemic.

04/29/2020

YES! SOLUTIONS JOURNALISM

But now, one month into the COVID-19 crisis, things look a bit different at the White Pony Express facility, where about a dozen volunteers wearing masks and gloves tackle a variety of tasks: shucking corn, stacking milk crates, and sorting fruits and vegetables. Social distancing requires volunteers to spread out, and there are far fewer volunteers here than on a normal day...

04/28/2020

LAMORINDA WEEKLY

ors Around Town, White Pony Express and those who work in grocery stores such as Diablo Foods. They are providing masks to those managing critical business for city offices and those supporting clients at Orinda Senior Villages as well as Las Trampas Inc., Monument Crisis Center, Trinity Center, and Loaves and Fishes, Hope Solutions, Chateau Lafayette, Merrill Gardens and Belle Terre senior centers along with Shelter, Inc., and Youth Homes.

04/24/2020

YAHOO LIFE

Cliff Strand Jr., a driver and coordinator for White Pony Express, now spends his days delivering food to homeless shelters and food pantries. But six years ago he was homeless and near death, having struggled for years with drug addiction. 

04/24/2020

EAST BAY TIMES

The emergency room team at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center poses to give thanks for donated face masks from “It Takes a Village,” founded by Alameda resident Shelly Wong...

04/12/2020

EAST COUNTY TODAY

In light of that urgency, in its first round of funding, the CCRHF is extending grants to five organizations: The Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano, The Contra Costa Crisis Center, Shelter, Inc., Catholic Charities of the East Bay and White Pony Express.

04/12/2020

THE RICHMOND STANDARD

Contra Costa County organizations serving the county’s most vulnerable residents are receiving swift financial assistance thanks to a new fund supported by the Silicon Valley Community Foundation and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, owned and established by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan.

04/08/2020

FOX BUSINESS NEWS

A California-based food rescue operation is serving on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic, delivering 17,000 pounds of free food a day to people hit hardest by the resulting economic shutdown.

04/09/2020

TIME MAGAZINE ONLINE

I’m a product of what White Pony Express does for people. About six years ago, one of our executives found me under a bridge in Richmond, Calif., and brought me baskets of food. I was a strung-out-of-my-mind drug addict with a dark soul, ready to die. He helped me. This is absolutely my mission. It’s not a job. I’m supremely blessed to be able to do this.

04/07/2020

SF GATE

White Pony Express, which delivers surplus fresh food from local grocers and wholesalers to local community groups that serve hungry people, said Monday that demand for its services has more than doubled as people are stuck inside and may be unable to afford necessities like food if they can't work.

04/06/2020

WALNUT CREEK MAGAZINE

Each day the COVID-19 crisis continues, the demand for free food skyrockets from non-profits like White Pony Express (WPE).

01/22/2020

KTVU NEWS

Psychologist Carol Weyland Conner founded Pleasant Hill's White Pony Express charity store, which provides assistance to those down on their luck. 

04/01/2020

LAMORINDA WEEKLY

White Pony Express was founded by Dr. Carol Weyland Conner in September 2013 on the simple idea that supermarkets had excess food that was being thrown out while people who couldn't afford food were going hungry.

12/01/2019

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On October 17, seven Contra Costa Whole Foods Markets, including the 365 by Whole Foods, donated 5% of their net sales, or $31,000, on that day to White Pony Express. 

11/25/2019

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Funding to establish San Francisco’s Office of Emerging Technologies, which will oversee tech dropped by private companies on the “the public right-of-way,” got the green light from the city’s Board of Supervisors Budget and Finance Committee Wednesday, the SF Examiner reports.

11/21/2019

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When the White Pony Express food rescue truck pulls up to her children’s school twice weekly, volunteer Teresa Gutierrez is always eager to help sort through the donations and even pick up a grocery bag of items for her own family.

10/23/2019

At their meeting on Tuesday night, Oct. 22, the Antioch City Council received reports on homelessness and impediments to fair housing and by consensus, approved a list of solutions.

05/15/2019

MARTINEZ BUSINESS BEAT

White Pony Express (WPE), which collects fresh food for distribution to the poor and others in unfortunate circumstances, is seeking financial donations, grants and pledges through June 16, the organization has announced.

Pledges up to $300,000 will be matched by a collaboration of three contributors, Luis Gerardo del Valle Torres, the Heart’s Path Foundation and the Gemmer Foundation, the announcement said.

04/03/2019

LAMORINDA WEEKLY

If you live in Lamorinda, you have likely heard of Sharon McGinnis-Girdlestone. Ask anyone where to get a special cake, and they will recommend her Lovely Little Cakes. She also delivers sustainable, healthy meals weekly to her My Sustainable Table customers. Sonya Ginsburg works with McGinnis-Girdlestone on these businesses...

03/24/2019

EAST BAY TIMES

It started out as a little white house with red shutters next to a daycare center, and for the last nine years it’s been the H.O.P.E. House, where almost 1,400 clients receive food, clothes, books and toys on a monthly basis.

“H.O.P.E. is an acronym for Hope, Opportunity, Prayer and Encouragement,” said Robin Vaughan, the former manager of the H.O.P.E. House program at Brentwood Community United Methodist Church (UMC). “Along with food, we have a supply of toothbrushes, toothpaste, can openers and assorted toiletries for our clients that may need them.”

12/23/2018

EAST COUNTY TODAY

On Saturday, the Antioch Police hosted their annual Holiday Drive where police officers and volunteers handed out food, toys, stuffed animals and a turkey to 105 families. Police utilized their community room and decorated a portion of it to allow for photographs with Santa for kids. Children were then provided a stuffed animal and age appropriate toys followed by a family each receiving food and a turkey. 

04/18/2018

LAFAYETTE JUNIORS

Lafayette Juniors is a non-profit made up of local women dedicated to raising funds and offering service in support of other nonprofits that serve children, families and seniors in need in Contra Costa County. Join us for their 19th Annual Kitchen Tour on Saturday, May 19th from 10 am to 3 pm. 

04/17/2018

MARTINEZ GAZZETTE

Now Through May 31, 2018 all donations up to $250K are doubled thanks to a generous angel. Double your impact today. 

03/29/2018

THE PRESS

White Pony Express Food Rescue partner in Brentwood expands program with more food from WPE. 

Don't know what to do for your special person on Valentine's Day? Consider the gift of uplifting lives by making a donation in honor of the one you love. 

01/03/2018

PARKHAVEN

The White Pony Express Free General Store is partnering with Parkhaven Community Church in Concord to provide food, clothing and overnight shelter to people who need these services.

01/07/2015

EAST BAY TIMES

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