Over the last few years, @lifeofashowbus has been documenting the conversion of a 40-foot school bus into a mobile platform for adventure, storytelling, and community support. What started as a personal build has grown into something much bigger.
This bus has camped on the shores of the Great Salt Lake to capture footage of the threatened ecosystem. It has rolled to Box Elder County to document the grassroots fight against the Stratos Project, a proposed 40,000-acre AI data center that was approved by county commissioners on May 4th without a public vote. It has been to community events, rallies, and more.
Now we are rebuilding it into a fully equipped mobile community resource vehicle, and we need your help to finish it.
What your donation covers:
- Kitchen rebuild: A new fridge, stove, and microwave/toaster oven so we can prepare hot meals for anyone who needs one. Estimated $1,000
- Food and meal supplies: Ingredients and staples to feed people at community events and wherever we are needed
- Clothing and personal care: Spare clothes, socks, underwear, and hygiene kits to hand out to people in need
- Support for people released from ICE detention: People are often dropped with no phone, no warm clothing, no food, and no way to reach their family or a lawyer. The bus will be a resource for them
- Fuel: To get to community events across the Wasatch Front and to more remote locations like Box Elder County, where we are documenting the land around the proposed Stratos data center site
- Security system: Cameras mounted to the bus for documentation and to keep the bus and the people inside it safe
- Exterior paint: A fresh coat so the bus is immediately recognizable as a welcoming community space
Everything is fully documented on social media for you to follow along.
Want to help in person?
If you are on the Wasatch Front and have an extra set of hands to give, we need you. Skills that make an immediate difference: electrical, plumbing, networking, welding, woodworking, vehicle maintenance, and painting. No skills? We can always use an extra set of hands!
The bus is almost ready. Help us finish it.
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