A Free Ride Helps the Hungry

The Sacramento Regional Transit District invites you to take a free ride on the RT Holiday Bus.  Hand-painted by RT employees and their families, this colorful 40-foot holiday bus will travel different routes throughout the Sacramento region until Sunday, January 2, 2011.  (For routes and dates, visit www.sacrt.com/holidaybus.stm.  For specific trip information, please call 916-321-2877.)



An RT bus "before" decorations...





...An RT bus "after" holiday decorations




Passengers will have the opportunity to deposit cash or check donations in the farebox and/or place a non-perishable food item in the special collection box on board. 

All donations will directly benefit River City Food Bank, a nonprofit organization that provides emergency food and housing assistance to over 40,000 clients in Sacramento County each year.  The River City Food Bank recently suffered major fire damage with over 8,000 pounds of food destroyed.  For more information about their organization, please call 916-446-2627 or visit www.rivercityfoodbank.org.