About Stuff the Bus Foundation

Since 2005, Stuff the Bus Foundation has  made sure that Southern Kentucky children walk in on the first day of school with an equal playing field and the essential supplies needed to be able to connect with the teacher and thier classmates. 

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Our Mission & Vision

The Stuff the Bus Foundation provides a level playing field for all children of Southern Kentucky. We create this playing field by providing children with essential school supplies and backpacks to start the new school year and by supplying food for children on the weekends and holidays.

The Stuff the Bus Foundation achieves this through year-round fundraising and event execution with strategic business partners, organizations, and countless donations from you and the community as a whole.

 After 14 years and a heartwarming response from the community. We are now able to offer even more to the community in need. During Thanksgiving and Christmas we provide meals for families in need. In July we award multiple scholarships to deserving high school and college students. These can be applied for thru the WKU College Heights Foundation.

Also during open grant windows an applicant may apply for a grant from the Stuff the Bus Foundation. Grants are awarded at the discretion of Stuff the Bus Foundation to other local agencies in need that have the same core values as the Stuff the Bus Foundation.

Why Donate?

Stuff the Bus is uniquely a product of South Central Kentucky. For the last 14 years the donations raised in our area have stayed in our area!

We have given special attention to ensure that when someone donates they can say exactly which school district they want theit fund to go to.

Our History

In 2005 the very first Stuff the Bus Event happened. Local radio personality Tony Rose along with a dedicated group of volunteers literally took the cause to the streets by living inside school buses until they were completely filled with school supplies that were donated back to local kids in over 10 counties. Over the next decade plus hundreds of tons of supplies were given directly to schools, children, and families. The job though wasn’t done. The needs of those served continued to grow so Stuff the Bus had to grow with them. 

Since then Stuff the Bus has evolved from a four day event and stunt to a 365 day a year foundation that strives to impact the lives of children through all of Southern Kentucky. The communities embrace the event and the message that “All Children Start the School Year on an EQUAL playing Field.”

In 2018 the Stuff the Bus Foundation was formed from the core values and work ethic that the Stuff the Bus event and the hundreds of tons of school supplies that were donated to children, families, and teachers instilled in us.

the Stuff the Bus Foundation may not literally sleep on buses anymore but we never sleep on the children of Southern Kentucky. Working year round to provide 12 months a year not just at back to school time. 

From hand in hand partnerships with local businesses and civic groups for fundraising, to unique and creative events to give back like Family Fun Runs and “Turkey Drops” to feed families at the holidays to our signature July Stuff the Bus Live Event the Foundation as a whole is always ready to serve the people in need of Southern Kentucky.

Our Founding Father

Stuff the bus started from a humble beginnings as a radio promotion over 14 years ago! One crazy radio personality (Tony Rose) saw a need in our community to help keep children from going to school under prepared, without even so much as a pencil or paper to start their educational journey.

From Tony Roses’s heart and the needs of children, The Stuff the Bus event was formed and the community came together to create a unique way to collect school supplies. To ensure that the children of Southern Kentucky recieved these supplies that crazy DJ (Tony Rose) slept on a bus until it was full! Thankfully the community responded all those years ago and has continued to support the Stuff the Bus ever since.

In the 14 years since that first crazy year, we have been able to impact thousands of young children and families in Kentucky. We have gone from having one bus with a few boxes of supplies for one county to collecting 25 tons of school supplies and helping children from 12 counties and counting!

We have grown from a radio stunt into a standalone non-profit in 2018. Tony doesn’t sleep on a bus anymore, but that is because we need all the room we can to get for the needed school supplies. We have now expanded our operations to add 5K’s, children’s Fun Runs, and a Turkey Drop to help meet th needs of children in our communities throughout the year.

Our vision is simple, to ensure that no child starts the school year at a disadvantage. We hope you will join in our cause.

Our Events

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Contact Us Today

The Foundation would not be possible without you and our community efforts. Help us keep The Foundation strong so we can continue our Stuff the Bus events. Let’s get started, send us an email about how you would like to join our cause!

Want to Join Our Cause?

The Foundation is always looking for help with Stuff the Bus Events. Find out which one you would like to be a part of to help the children in our community. Click the button to the right!