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Saturday afternoon, thirty-five people looking to volunteer their time will climb on board a bus and take their seats. They don’t know where the bus is going or what they’ll be doing when they get there, but they know it will be good.

And co-founder of the Do Good Bus, Rebecca Pontius, is not giving up the secret destination.

“People are going to get their hands dirty,” Pontius said. “I can tell you that.”

The Do Good Bus is a Los Angeles nonprofit that transports volunteers for a fee to participate in events or outreach to support local charities. Along the way, the riders are rewarded with food, wine and a chance to help organizations they might not know about ordinarily. But the causes remain a mystery until the bus doors open.

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Source: Do Good Bus drives passengers toward altruistic adventurism

by John Guenther at scpr.org on April 23, 2011

Saturday afternoon, thirty-five people looking to volunteer their time will climb on board a bus and take their seats. They don’t know where the bus is going or what they’ll be doing when they get there, but they know it will be good.