Desert Bus for Hope 10 begins in 100 days.

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3.28767 months

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14.2857 weeks

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2400 hours

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144000 minutes from this very moment.

Consider yourself warned.

The Cards Against Desert Bus prize will be making a return for DBX!

This custom Desert Bus themed Cards Against Humanity set will be back, only bigger, better, and QWOPier than ever. As before, all of the cards have been crowd sourced from the amazing Desert Bus community.

Did you see something in Desert Bus 9 that would be a perfect card? Was your favourite Desert Bus reference not already included? Well you’re in luck! Submissions are now open for this year’s set. Head on down to www.cardsagainstdesertbus.com in order to submit your ideas for the newest version of Cards Against Desert Bus.

Submissions will be open until 12pm PDT on July 31^st.

And remember, you may not be able to see him, but his name is _________.

2016-05-20 UPDATE: The campaign has concluded with us raising $129,412 (140% of our $92,000 CAD goal) and with 1956 backers supporting us. We’re gonna make a documentary! THANK YOU!!!

2016-05-19 UPDATE: Poster update!

2016-05-11 UPDATE: We have reached our funding goal! The Desert Bus for Hope Documentary will be made and we couldn’t be more excited! Deepest thanks to all our amazing backers.

2016-05-10 UPDATE: Check out our teaser trailer!

Original Post:
With our 10th anniversary(!) approaching, it’s as good a time as any to reflect on where we’ve come from, how we got to this strange and wonderful place, and what actually goes into making this unique community fundraiser we call Desert Bus for Hope.

We want to make a documentary.

But we need your help.

Bionic Trousers Media, the company behind LoadingReadyRun, has agreed to fund the first $30,000 CAD, but the remaining $92,000 CAD of the production costs we are asking through a Kickstarter campaign that we launched today.

If you’d be interested in seeing a Desert Bus for Hope documentary, take a moment to look over the project. If it funds, we’ll make the documentary. If not, the people have spoken. =)

Are you a maker of things?

Want to show off your mad skillz AND raise money for a good cause?

The craft-along for Desert Bus 10 is open for submissions! This means that if you have an idea for a unique, fantastic, handmade item that you would like to donate to Desert Bus 10 now is the time to let us know!

Details on the submission process can be found here.

All submissions must be received by June 30, 2016. Please expect a 1-2 week response time.

Here are some examples from the Desert Bus 9 craft-along:

• Cheeseburger Backpack
• Desert Bus Map Leather Playmat
• Boo Diddly Blanket
• Mario ? Black Cat Bed

We can’t wait to see what your wildly creative geeky minds come up with!

Today we lost a dear friend and founding member of Desert Bus for Hope, Bill Watt. We mourn his passing deeply and wish strength to his family and friends as we navigate our shared grief.

LoadingReadyRun has posted a tribute on their website, which you can read here.

Personal tributes have also been written by Jer and Ash.

Words are insufficient in these moments so, please, hug someone you love. Find a way to celebrate the gift of life. In doing so you will also be celebrating our friend and a life lived loudly, authentically, and unmistakably, Bill.

Love,
The Desert Bus Team