The Life of a Showbus

A 2001 Bluebird All-American. Bought in 2023, gutted, and rebuilt on YouTube — solar, plumbing, electrical, framing, carpentry, the whole list. Three years later it's a full house on wheels.

17,000 subscribers came along for the build. The road trips that followed filled it with stories — and what comes next is pointing all of that at people who need it.

The bus was built for the road. Right now, it's needed at home.

Salt Lake's new ICE detention facility releases people onto the street late at night — no phone, no ride, no money, sometimes hours from where they need to be. The bus is already a kitchen, beds, internet, heat, charging, and a way to drive someone somewhere safe. Pointing it at this is the obvious move.

Documented, peaceful, and accountable. We're a mutual aid project — not a protest group. Cameras run while we work, every interaction is recorded, and our role is to provide infrastructure to people in crisis.

GoFundMe campaign

Help finish the mobile support bus

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Whatever you can spare moves this forward. Even $20 or $100 from one person helps — most of what's left is materials, fuel, and basic supplies. If a brand wants to underwrite a bigger piece, that's covered below.

$20

A burner phone for someone with no way to call home.

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$50

A week of diesel keeping the bus heater on through winter nights.

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$200

A month of dual mobile internet on the bus.

Two redundant connections — so we always have signal for documentation, surveillance uploads, comms during natural disasters, and the people we're trying to help.

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$300

A full diesel tank for the bus.

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$500

A complete winter clothing restock — coats, hats, socks, gloves, blankets.

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$1,000

One full week of crisis-response groceries for the onboard kitchen.

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A burner phone for someone with no way to call home.

A week of diesel keeping the bus heater on through winter nights.

A month of dual mobile internet on the bus.

A full diesel tank for the bus.

A complete winter clothing restock — coats, hats, socks, gloves, blankets.

One full week of crisis-response groceries for the onboard kitchen.

Other ways to help out

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A burner phone for someone with no way to call home.

A week of diesel keeping the bus heater on through winter nights.

A month of dual mobile internet on the bus.

A full diesel tank for the bus.

A complete winter clothing restock — coats, hats, socks, gloves, blankets.

One full week of crisis-response groceries for the onboard kitchen.

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