Before we officially start this year’s marathon, the entire organizing committee would like to extend an official thanks to one of our organizing partners The Escapist.

2012 marks the third year of our partnership, and once again the Escapist has pulled out all the stops to help promote Desert Bus and bring it to an even bigger audience. The team at Escapist HQ have been working tirelessly to help us this year. For Desert Bus 6 they’ve created a special mini-site, set aside advertising space for the event, sent us a huge assortment of prizes and helped us round up our biggest assortment of corporate sponsors yet. The Escapist is also doing its annual Publishers Club for Charity Drive, donating the proceeds of its premium Publishers Club memberships to Desert Bus, and sweetening the pig with a huge assortment of prizes, many of which are exclusive to Desert Bus. You can find out more about the Escapist’s Pub Club donation drive by visiting http://www.escapistmagazine.com.

It was the generous support of The Escapist that helped propel us north of $380,000 last year so we’re thrilled to be working with them again this year.