Every year on October 25th, we celebrate Poverty Is Unnecessary Day with supplier partners in the Poverty is Unnecessary Fund, who have pledged to collectively give $200,000 next year to alleviate poverty through our microfinance partners in 68 countries. This week, we received good news from Whole Planet Foundation’s Co-Chairman …
How Do We Show #PovertyIsUnnecessary? Ask Our Partners.
More than 10 years ago, on October 25, 2005, Whole Foods Market stores hosted a 5% Day to raise the funds that seeded Whole Planet Foundation. Since that day, we celebrate Poverty is Unnecessary Day every year on October 25th to honor the words of Muhammad Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank. …
Summer Nights Concert Series for Microcredit Wraps Up 4th Year
This summer, Planet LA Records and Whole Foods Market stores in Southern California teamed up once again to produce the Summer Nights Concert Series, presented by ALO Drinks, Lifeway, and VitaCoco. Proceeds for the series benefit Whole Planet Foundation. So far, event sponsors and attendees have raised over $1100 for …
Run in the Virtual 10K for the Planet July 14-18
Whole Planet Foundation’s 2016 Virtual 10K Run for the Planet aims to raise $35,000 to lift 1,000 more people out of poverty. We run in 69 countries and have given opportunity to more than 7 million people since we first started in 2005. We can’t run without your help! With your …
#MJP2Contest Winner Sarita Witnesses Microcredit at Work in Los Angeles
Congratulations to Sarita for being our #MJP2Contest winner! Her winning entry, pictured on the left, was one of many thoughtful submissions that she entered throughout the contest. Her caption below tells a story of hard work, dedication and creativity that provided an inspiring answer to contest prompt: “What empowers you?” “Since …
Summer Nights Concert Series for Microcredit
This summer Planet LA Records and Whole Foods Market West Hollywood are once again teaming up to produce the Summer Nights Concert Series, presented by ALO Drink and Lifeway and benefiting Whole Planet Foundation. The first concert kicked off on June 27, with performances by Jenni Alpert, Julia Pierce and …
Behind the Scenes: Sourcing Fabric for Beauty in All Beings
This year at Expo West, fabrics sourced from communities where Whole Planet Foundation funds microcredit were sent down the runway at the fashion show, Beauty in All Beings. Many people contributed to making this inaugural event a spectacular success. In this guest post, our friend and partner Theresa Carrington, CEO of The Blessing …