$20 buys a veteran 30 rides.

RABA adds 50% to every gift, and the Shasta County Veterans Service Office puts the passes straight into veterans' hands. No overhead in between.

Tax-deductible. Every dollar stays in Shasta County.

$4,180

of $20,000 goal

— days until November 13

2025 finished at $15,770.66

$20You give

$30After RABA's 50% match

30 ridesTo the VA, to work, to class

Last year that math turned $10,513.77 in gifts into $15,770.66, and $15,770.66 into 15,770 rides.


Friday, November 13.

Pull up to the window, drop cash or a check in the bucket, and carry on with your morning. It takes about ninety seconds.

7:00am – 1:00pm Three Dutch Bros drive-thrus

  • Dutch Bros, Downtown Redding
    1200 Market St, Redding CA 96001
    Drive-thru
  • Dutch Bros, Anderson
    5025 Rhonda Rd, Anderson CA 96007
    Drive-thru
  • Dutch Bros, Shasta Lake City
    4305 Shasta Dam Blvd, Shasta Lake CA 96019
    Drive-thru

Can’t make it out on the 13th? Give online any time. Every gift still earns RABA’s 50% match.

A line of small American flags planted along a wet Redding roadside on a November morning, traffic passing with headlights on
Flags along the route, Redding.

A ride is the whole benefit.

A veteran can be approved for care and still miss it, because the appointment is across town and the car is gone. The pass is what turns an entitlement into an actual visit.

15,000+Veterans live in Shasta County

9,000+Active clients the County Veterans Service Office serves each year

$1Funds one ride. There is no smaller unit of help.


Who's already in.

Sponsors cover the campaign so every donated dollar goes to passes. Their names and logos run here, on air, and at all three drive-thrus on the 13th.

2026 sponsors

Supporters & flag bearers

Platinum$1,000

Top logo placement here and at all three drive-thrus, named in campaign broadcast and social.

Gold$500

Logo on the sponsor wall and on-site signage, named in campaign social through November.

Silver$250

Logo on the sponsor wall, named in campaign social and the post-event thank-you.

Bronze$100

Named on the sponsor wall and in the thank-you. The easiest way for a small local business to be part of it.

Sponsorships are paid by check. Send us a note and we'll get you the sponsor letter with everything you need.


Give in someone's name.

Dedicate a gift to a veteran you love, living or gone. We'll honor the names on the 13th and list them here unless you'd rather we didn't.


One email, once.

We'll send a reminder the week of the 13th and the final total when it's in. Nothing else.

We don't share or sell addresses.

RABA Salute to Veterans

A Redding Area Bus Authority campaign, run with the Shasta County Veterans Service Office, funding free bus passes for local veterans since 2010.

Veterans