Our New (used) Bus!
Near the end of our summer 2025 tour, our tour bus finally gave out on us. It had been through multiple repairs and the slide out, which offered extra comfort for the cats (and humans), had stopped working long ago. The bus was a huge barrier of how far we could go and what time of year we could travel. We couldn’t go to hot states in the summer because the bus could not keep the kitties cool. We could not go to cold places in the winter since the generator was unreliable. After multiple shops overcharging a group of women and cats for repairs, we said “enough!”
In September 2025 we bought a new-to-us bus! We have a 2002 Prevost H3-45. This big guy was well loved and well kept in a year round climate controlled storage. Does it look familiar to you? Perhaps you recall this bus from its days on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition as one of the the buses that moved when they yelled, “Bus Driver, move that bus!” That’s right, our bus is used to fame and is a former TV star!
With our new bus, we are getting it ready for the cats and crew, starting out with building a new Kitty City! The bus will take a few more trips to Florida to get everything modified for our needs including for fostering.
The 2025 tour had a rough ending for us. We had to cancel shows in four cities, which we have NEVER had to do before. In some of those cities we still had to pay our rental deposits even without performing, and some we paid back credit card fees when we refunded the tickets. One venue on the west coast never paid us for our portion of what we made in ticket sales. We also had mountains of repair bills just to get the bus from Seattle back to Atlanta. We have taken out a loan to purrchase the bus and start renovations.
If you would like to help get us back on the road as quick as pawsible, please consider donating to our fundraiser on Zeffy! Any amount helps! Read more about our fundraising and paw print campaign below.
Current bus layout with markups of future changes
Cat room, pre-renovations
Cat room extra info
master bathroom, pre-renovation
Now that you’ve read all about our new/used bus, please consider a donation! We are launching our super popular paw print campaign where you can have your own, a friend's, a loved one's, or your cat’s name on our bus! We will be offering multiple sizes and even an option to have a photo paw print of your kitty (or other pet, we love them all) on the paw! Check out the samples below and the link to the fundraiser on Zeffy. Zeffy does not take any fees from this fundraiser! Remember, you can donate any amount!
⭐Name on a dedicated and updated Thank Mew Wall = $500 donation
⭐ 7” x 7” paw print with text only = $700 donation
⭐ 10” x 10” paw print with text only = $1,000 donation
⭐ 10” x 10” paw print with text AND photo = $1,300 donation
Bus Fundraiser &
Paw Print Campaign
*We are not allowing any self-promotion on the paw prints, i.e. no social media handles
sample of Name/Text only option
sample of Photo + Text option
You can change the donation amount to any amount you want. It will change the reward though, so you have to donate the amount required for the reward selected. If you can only donate $5, that’s great! Just change the amount to $5. However, you will only receive a receipt (and knowledge that we are so very grateful for your support!!).
It will take some time for the bus to be wrapped since we are focusing on safety and comfort improvements first. However, we will print the paw prints before the bus is wrapped and send you a photo of yours so you know your donation is being honored. You will receive a second photo of your paw print on the bus as well once the new wrap and your paw print have been applied.