get on the bus | uniting children with their mothers and fathers in prison

Get On The Bus offers

free transportation for the children and their caregivers to the prison, provides travel bags for the children, comfort bags for the caregivers, a photo of each child with his or her parent, and meals for the day (breakfast, snacks on the bus, a special lunch at the prison with their parent and dinner on the way home), all at no cost to the children’s family." On the bus trip home, following a four hour visit, each child receives a teddy bear with a letter from their parent and post-event counseling. 

This year Get On The Bus offers a Mother's Day trip on Friday, May 8, 2009 and a Father's Day trip on Friday, June 19, 2009.  The program offers transportation to five prisons throughout the state of California: California Institute for Women (CIW) in Corona, Central California Women's Facility (CCWF) and Valley State Prison (VSP) in Chowchilla, California Men's Colony (CMC) in San Luis Obispo and California Training Facility (CTF) in Soledad.

How Can I Help?  Contact your Get On The Bus Regional Coordinator or the Get On The Bus main administrative office to find out how you can help reach out to the children and families, donate food or supplies, sponsor a bus, prepare travel bags, collect teddy bears, raise funds, spread the word, or much, much more!: Northern California nocaloffice@getonthebus.us; Central Coast:  centralcoastoffice@getonthebus.us; Southern California:  socaloffice@getonthebus.us; Program Director:  director@getonthebus.us.