Our first donation drive of the Ash and Alex run is a sweet lamp made by our comms volunteer Steph, aka Azralorne!
So donate $9.43 or multiples thereof to try to win this piece of art! You have until 11:30am PST!
Now that we’ve cycled over to 10am PST, we’ve got Ash and Alex at the helm, and we have a few silent auctions to go along with them.
First we have this sweet crocheted Kitchen Witch that’s going over $100!
This ends at 6pm PST.
Second we have a Smaug diorama made of needle-felting and paper maiche, it’s incredibly detailed and very shiny! It’s going for over $200 right now!
This ends at 6pm PST.
And last we have a two piece auction for Caledfwylch and Turntables! These wonderfully detailed pieces are made of foamcore, and are already at over $600!!
This ends at 6pm PST.
Driving: Saturday Nov.10th 10am – 10pm
Alex Steacy
Alex is a professional internet idiot and comic artist.
Alex on twitch!, Alex on tumblr, Alex’s comic
Alex on the twitter
and
Ash Vickers
Driving in from Nanaimo BC, Ash has been a part of the Desert Bus team for six years now (holy crumbs!) as an event manager and, more recently, communications lead. She wrote and drew the web comic MegaCynics for almost eight years and has been a full-time dog mom for nine years. Ash enjoys drawing, video games and long walks on the bea… oh wait, this isn’t an online dating profile… also she’s married. Ash is pretty cool, the end.
We’re happy to welcome Electronic Arts as a sponsor of Desert Bus for Hope 2018.
Electronic Arts is a global leader in digital interactive entertainment. Since 1982, they’ve developed and delivered games across a variety of consoles and platforms. Madden, FIFA, Battlefield, The Sims, Mass Effect, Need for Speed, Unravel… and that’s just a small selection of the franchises that EA has published over the years!
Thank you Electronic Arts for your contributions and support of Desert Bus for Hope!
Thank you all so much for your submissions! There were some very adorable pieces sent in!
Here is the winners, the runners up, and an honorable mention.
Honorable Mention by Eric Tortora Pato
3rd Place by Armiyana
2nd Place by Torill
1st Place Winner by DallastheDJT
We welcome back Take This as a sponsor for Desert Bus for Hope 2018.
Take This is a non-profit charity that seeks to inform people about mental health issues, provide education about mental disorders and mental illness prevention and reduce the stigma of mental health. Since 2013, Take This has been helping those who suffer by letting them know they are not alone, providing information and treatment options and letting them know how to find help.
Thank you Take This for your contributions and continued support of Desert Bus for Hope!
For our last giveaway of Matt’s shift we have these special edition 2017 SDCC Planeswalkers cards, all art is a section of a larger piece drawn by Nicol Bolas himself, and they’re all beautiful!
$6.17 or multiples thereof – $12.34, $18.51, $24.68, etc – until 9:30am PST!!
Good morning, my fair bussers!
Day one is done, and on we go to the rest of our week. Just in case you slept through the weirdness that is our overnight, let’s catch you up…
That’s all friends! Have a good day!
We here at Desert Bus would like to take a moment to recognize one of our very generous drink sponsors, JagaSilk. We couldn’t make it through this event without the generous support of sponsors willing to provide us with the sustenance and energy we need!
JagaSilk is a teabar, a wholesaler and a tea academy based out of Victoria, BC, Canada. They believe in beauty, balance and ethical business. This year they have generously donated an assortment of teas and kombucha to the Desert Bus crew. Yum!
From of us us here at Desert Bus for Hope, thank you, JagaSilk!
We have another donation drive this morning!
Here we have this absolutely STUNNING (and very glittery) hammer from Thor, the God of Thunder. So if you donate $6.21 or multiples thereof – $12.42, $18.63, $24.84, etc – until 7:45am PST.