The skill and artistry of our Desert Bus crafters amazes us every year. Hours sunk into the tiniest details, rare crafts resurrected to make beautiful objects, and completely one-of-a-kind objects to treasure forever. What could be better? IF you have the hankering to secure yourself one such unique prize, then check out this pair of crafted prizes in our silent auction!

You have until 6pm PT to cast your bids!

Street Fighter Pixel Art Lace

Look closely at this piece: it's not what you think it is. Each circle of this pixellated Street Fighter pair is made not of melted plastic bead art, but lace. Small, interconnected rings of lace that will look just as good on this display board as they would if you decide to sew them onto a snazzy outfit!

Final Fantasy Critter Cohorts

Come and snuggle your favorite Final Fantasy fauna, kupo! They've been made into amigurumi, or crochet critters. Just look out for the Tonberry's knife. He's as cute as he is deadly. But you can raise or lower his hood and put him in time out!

Thank you to our sponsor, Fernwood Coffee Company! Your life-saving brews have kept many of our shifts afloat and enabled the sheer athleticism that is Dawn Guard Coffee Pong. This is the coffee we drink in the office every day, and even our scandalous tea-preferrer (Soraya, who is writing this post) took a sip of Fernwood's coffee and said "yeah, I'll drink that daily."

Fernwood Coffee, you are the perfect swish that wins every game in our hearts.

With their pudgy bodies and beady eyes, these Stardew Valley chickens are the perfect cuddle buddies. Maybe they'd be willing to play co-op with you? Right?! Co-op? Coop?! You get it.

Now get them by donating $5.80 (or multiples thereof) by 10:30am PT!

Whether they're holding Magic cards, Pokémon cards, or just a collection of short pencils and paper clips, these boxes will be with you 24/7. And unlike the Desert Bus shifts that provide their design aesthetic, they will be able to stay with you 365 days a year - if, of course, you're fortunate enough to win them in this raffle!

Donate $5.24 (or multiples thereof) before 9am for a chance to win!

Kate and Bear are Best Friends
They go on Adventures!
Bear and Kate are Best Friends
They are Friends Forever!
Cursing down the highway
Sipping on French Lattés,
They are Friends Forever -
Have we mentioned that yet?
One likes honey sandwiches -
Not the one that you'd think!
[MUSICAL INTERLUDE!]
Song over.

All week, we have been enjoying the company of our good friends Bear and Kate. They're best friends! They go on adventures! We know that much, but what do their adventures look like? And just what do they put on those honey sandwiches? Perhaps you can help us fill in those blanks by making a comic strip and sending it to us for a chance to win a grab bag of Desert Bus merch.

Send your entries to contest@desertbus.org with the subject line "Bear and Kate Adventure" before 10:30am PT for a chance to win!

Files must be in PNG, JPG, or GIF format. No AI Art! Please share your name (with pronunciation guide) and pronouns as well!

Zeta has gone dark for the evening, and we went fully dark all shift!

We had to get some of our friends in the gothy vibes, to kick off our shift!

We needed some quality dark, spooky, and moody karaoke. So here's this!

We contacted the spirits... Through a board game from Value Village.

And as everyone knows, goths need stretch breaks.

It's time for us to slowly shamble towards bead, but keep the stream on, and have fun with Dawn Guard! I'm sure it won't be tonal whiplash!

Legacy Books Press explores the corners of history that are lesser known or misunderstood, publishing everything from ancient history to the modern history of, let's say, video games! They've been a sponsor of Desert Bus for Hope since 2016 and we love having them. This year, they have donated a wonderful book prize lot to fill your shelves and your brain! Thank you Legacy Books Press for your support!

Thank you for hanging out with us for another night! Let's look back on what we've done.

We disparaged meat!

We Beyed our last Blades!

We had a sumptuous sushi feast!

Then we immediately ate ice cream on stomachs full of fish!

Ian made a butt!

And, best of all, WE MADE IT TO $700,000!!!

This was truly one to write home about. Thank you for joining us! We'll see you tomorrow!

The last time I made one of these posts, the number was much smaller. Seven HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS?! Y'all are fundraising rock stars.

Thank you all from the bottoms of our happy dancing feet! You're contributing to so much good in the world.

We've given away a lot of big prizes. How about a lot of small prizes?

This bounty of delights palaeontological and archaeological comes to us from a big name in small things: the Mini Museum!

The fine folks at the Mini Museum have been spreading their love of science and history for over a decade. As cliché as it sounds, if you're ever looking to buy a gift for the person who has everything, Mini Museum really has you covered. Trust us. (They have fragments of Princess Diana's wedding cake, for Bus's sake!)

We're super thankful to the Mini Museum for donating this prize pack, and we're super jelly of whoever among our viewership is lucky enough to win it. Thank you, Mini Museum!