{"id":362,"date":"2016-02-15T14:16:16","date_gmt":"2016-02-15T20:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whinnycity.com\/?page_id=362"},"modified":"2022-05-15T16:32:01","modified_gmt":"2022-05-15T21:32:01","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/whinnycity.com\/2022\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    <div class=\"image row clearfix ef-fe-element\"   id=\"ui-id-6-151944228639181\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/whinnycity.com\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/WCPC22-About-Us-Social-Card.png\" width=\"\" height=\"\" alt=\"About Us\"  \/>\n    <\/div>\n<!-- samplepage -->\n<section class=\"sample_page ef-fe-element\" id=\"ui-id-3-1519441942624135\" >\n    <section class=\"hero hero_inner\"   style=\"background-image: url( ); \"  >\n\n        <!-- hero__layout -->\n        <div class=\"hero__layout\">\n\n            <!-- site__centered -->\n            <div class=\"site__centered\">\n\n                <!-- time-schedule -->\n                <div class=\"time-schedule\">\n\n                    <!-- site__title -->\n                                            <h2 class=\"site__title site__title_inner site__title_inner-small\" style=\"color:  ;\" >Our Team and Our Mission<\/h2>\n                                        <!-- \/site__title -->\n                                            <span class=\"hero__subtitle\" style=\"color:  ;\" > <\/span>\n                    \n                <\/div>\n                <!-- \/time-schedule -->\n\n            <\/div>\n            <!-- \/site__centered -->\n\n        <\/div>\n        <!-- \/hero__layout -->\n\n    <\/section>\n    <div class=\"content\" style=\"background-color:  ;\">\n        <div class=\"site__centered\" >\n            <\/p>\n<p>Whinny City Pony Con is managed by Worthwhile Events NFP, the same team that runs <a href=\"http:\/\/ponyvilleciderfest.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ponyville Ciderfest<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We are dedicated to bringing a family-friendly My Little Pony fandom experience to Chicagoland and are looking forward to returning after four successful in-person (and one online) yearly events!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Our event is 100% kid and family-friendly until 8 pm each day.<\/strong><\/span> After 8 pm, panels <em>may<\/em> have PG-13 content or may have 18+ or 21+ content if clearly labeled as such on our site and in the program guide.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Attendance History<\/span><\/h2>\n<h4>2016: 679<br \/>2017: 757<br \/>2018: 933<br \/>2019: 804<\/h4>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Charity History<\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">2016: $5,000 to Extra Life 4 Kids<br \/>2017: $5,300 to Extra Life 4 Kids<br \/>2018: $15,000 to Generations Against Bullying<br \/>2019: $13,897 to Generations Against Bullying<\/h4>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Total Raised for Charity: $39,197<\/h3>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1o_8phsliOZAsSBvUsIlTt93Y-tyZjkHm?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WCPC22 Brand Info and Guidelines<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration-line: underline;\"><strong>About Our Mascots<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.whinnycity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Deedee-Profile.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-363\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whinnycity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Deedee-Profile.png\" alt=\"About Deedee\" width=\"370\" height=\"925\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whinnycity.com\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Deedee-Profile.png 1200w, https:\/\/whinnycity.com\/2022\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Deedee-Profile-120x300.png 120w, 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