We’ve started another donation drive! Up for grabs is this Hobonichi planner set with a Mother 2 cover. Donate $6.24 (or multiples thereof) for a chance to win this giveaway. We’ll run this donation drive until 12 AM PST.

The Hobonichi Planner is a seriously cool piece of kit for getting your life organised, or at least procrastinating your to-do list by writing everything down in here, not that I have done that. At least not every year. This Japanese planner has a cult following, and it is easy to see why since the design is so customizable, and adapts every year based on user input. This lot includes the 2016 planner, and the MOTHER 2 cover (Saturn Valley – really nice!) For more information please see: : http://www.1101.com/store/techo/2016/planner/about/

Graciously donated by Fangamer

We have a very fitting giveaway to coincide with our call-in of Jennifer Hale. This Bronze Alliance Cruiser is going to be run as a Donation Drive! This is one of only 350 that were produced as an exclusive for San Diego Comic Con. In addition the base of the model has been signed by Keith David, voice actor of the character Admiral Anderson.

We’re going to be running this as a drive for $11.07 (because N7 day of course!) or multiples thereof. We will be running this for 35 minutes, until 10:40 PM PST.

We here at Desert Bus for Hope HQ would like to extend a massive thank you to Fernwood Coffee Company for being our continued coffee sponsor.

Year after year Fernwood has been a massive part of keeping our volunteers alert and active with their wonderful coffee. The award winning roasters and brewers at Fernwood can be found at their cafe, The Parsonage (the location of many LRR shoots). In addition to their cafe, the award-winning coffee beans can be purchased online so you can enjoy Fernwood coffee in your own home.

This year Fernwood has supplied us with all the tools necessary to brew our coffee on-site and of course, the coffee itself. Thank you Fernwood for your continued sponsorship of Desert Bus for Hope.

No one should have to journey across Middle-Earth on their own, so why not take these cuddly felt plashes with you?

Bilbo, Gandalf and Thorin will be given away as a Donation Drive. Until 9:00 PM PST any donations of $6.13 or multiples thereof will gain you entry for a chance to win these wonderful companions with you.

It gives us great pleasure to announce one of our new sponsors for this year, Valve Software. Yes, you heard us right, the makers of Half-Life, DOTA 2 and Portal and that lovely program Steam are helping us bus this year! We are beside ourselves with excitement and can’t thank them enough for their amazing generosity and support for Desert Bus 9!

Jennifer Hale will be calling into Desert Bus at 9:30pm PST on Monday, November 16th.

Jennifer Hale is an actor and voice actor best known for her work in video game franchises including Baldur’s Gate, Mass Effect, Metroid Prime, Metal Gear Solid, Soulcalibur, Spider-Man, Bioshock Infinite, and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic. In 2013, she was recognized by Guinness World Records for “the most prolific videogame voice actor (female)”.

In addition to video games, Jennifer provides the voice for a number of cartoons including Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego, The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest, The Powerpuff Girls, Codename: Kids Next Door, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Brandy & Mr. Whiskers, Avatar: The Last Airbender/The Legend of Korra, and Totally Spies!.

Have a question for Jennifer? Leave it in the comments below!

You see this beautiful sheet? This is a Foil Uncut Sheet of the rares and mythic rares of Magic 2015 donated by Mikey Neumann. This sheet includes all of the “guest-designed” cards, including Chasm Skulker from Mikey himself.

We’re gonna run this as a Donation Drive! Any donations of $15.15 or multiples thereof until 7:30 PM PST will get you an entry!

THAT’S ONLY HALF AN HOUR FOLKS, GET GOING!

This, is Tara. Tara is our new driver and is doing her first driver shift. Tara has already decided on her “art challenge” that will be running her entire shift.

Tara self describes as not that artsy, but BOY does she love baking and food. So that’s our art challenge for her shift. Tara has asked for your best Baked Creations with a Nerdy/Desert Bus Theme.

At the end of the challenge we’ll select a winner and they will receive 2 Dozen Custom Cookies from Rocky Mountain Cookies!

Please send all entries to contest@desertbus.org with the subject line “Bake Off”. Also, please include the name you’d like to be used if you are selected as a winner. 

Get baking!

We had some amazing submissions for Ashton’s art challenge, but in the end there can only be one winner.

Our Winner is WingsOfTheLost!

Congratulations to our winner, and thanks to everyone who submitted entries. We’ll have them all for you below!