THE SOLUTION How Our Magic Happened

Several years before we launched the Dignity Bus® in 2021, a loyal donor knocked on our door with the offer of donating a used mo torcoach (passenger bus) to The Source. Our team began brainstorming what we could do with the vehicle… even visualizing how rock bands travel in customized buses from city to city. That’s when our thoughts turned to taking the bus and remodeling it into “beds on wheels.” We began researching sleep buses and could not find any in the United States used for the purpose of sheltering the homeless. However, it did exist in parts of Europe as an “easy sleeper night bus,” which was comfortable enough and very convenient to maneuver.

Our maintenance staff went full-steam ahead stripping the motor coach to ensure the stabilization of the vehicle before any large renovation plans were made. Sadly we found the vehicle had too much water damage, but still had viable component parts that we could remove and reassemble into a better vehicle. Research aided in discovering a better vehicle out of state…a perfect former passenger bus which upon purchase was driven to our Florida location.Then we found a nearby fabrication company that specialized in custom bus conversions exactly like we wanted. Five months later, our first Dignity Bus® was up and running!