The article contrasts a lavish military parade organized by Donald Trump in Washington with the altruistic work of the nonprofit White Pony Express in California. The parade, costing up to $45 million, is criticized as a self-indulgent display, while White Pony Express has dedicated nearly a dozen years to rescuing food from waste to feed the underprivileged. The organization has provided around 22 million meals, but with potential federal budget cuts under the Trump administration, its future operations and the people it serves are at risk.
On Saturday, Donald Trump will throw himself a costly military parade, a display of waste and vainglory staged solely to inflate the president's ego.
Since its founding, White Pony has processed over 26 million pounds of food, the equivalent of about 22 million meals, feeding those in need and reducing waste.
Our mission is to connect abundance and need, rooted in the principle that we are one human family, and when one moves up, we all do.
With proposed cuts from the Trump administration, the nonprofit White Pony could lose up to a third of its $3-million annual budget, jeopardizing services for 130,000 people.
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