ENRide Fare-Free on the 2025 SacRT Holiday Bus
Spreading Cheer While Supporting Local Youth & Families
Celebrate the season with SacRT’s festive Holiday Bus — and ride for FREE while supporting a great cause! This year, we’re proud to partner with Stanford Sierra Youth & Families, a local nonprofit dedicated to empowering youth and families to overcome challenges and thrive.
The goal of offering a fare-free ride on this year’s Holiday Bus is to help raise awareness for the vital work Stanford Sierra Youth & Families is doing across the Sacramento region — from foster care and adoption services to mental health support and family stabilization.
About the SacRT Holiday Bus
The SacRT Holiday Bus travels on a different route every day between Monday, December 1, 2025, through Friday, January 2, 2026. It is free to ride; however, riders can choose to donate in the farebox or scan a QR code on board to donate directly to Stanford Sierra Youth & Families, to pay it forward. See the schedule below.
Thank You for Helping Us “Stuff the Bus”!
A heartfelt thank you to everyone who joined us at the Stuff the Bus holiday donation drive on Saturday, December 6 at the Rancho Cordova Certified Farmers’ Market!
Thanks to your generosity, we collected 205 new, unwrapped toys, games, and clothing items for children, teens, and foster youth served by Stanford Sierra Youth & Families. Your kindness is helping make the holidays brighter for families across our region.
You Can Still Give!
Click the button below for gifts on the wish list for Stanford Sierra Youth & Families.
View the full Holiday Bus schedule
Monday, December 1: Bus routes 1, 15
Tuesday, December 2: Bus routes 129, 248, 56, 62
Wednesday, December 3: Bus route 81
Thursday, December 4: Bus routes 67, 68
Friday, December 5: Bus routes 25, 93
Saturday, December 6: Stuff the Bus Event at Sunrise Station
Sunday, December 7: Bus routes 86, 87
Monday, December 8: Bus routes F20, 21
Tuesday, December 9: Bus routes 72, 161, 84, 26
Wednesday, December 10: Bus routes 51, 38, 103, 62, 56
Thursday, December 11: Bus route 19
Friday, December 12: Bus route 138
Saturday, December 13: Santa Parade
Sunday, December 14: Bus route 1
Monday, December 15: Bus route 13
Tuesday, December 16: Bus route 142
Wednesday, December 17: Bus routes 113, 93
Thursday, December 18: Bus route E110
Friday, December 19: Bus route 51
Saturday, December 20: Bus route 82
Sunday, December 21: Bus routes 26, 84
Monday, December 22: Bus routes 102, 88, 15
Tuesday, December 23: Bus routes 137, 68
Wednesday, December 24: Bus routes 30, 38
Thursday, December 25: Bus route 61
Friday, December 26: Bus route 81
Saturday, December 27: Bus route 23
Sunday, December 28: Bus routes 67, 68
Monday, December 29: Bus route 51
Tuesday, December 30: Bus routes 26, 87, 25
Wednesday, December 31: Bus routes 75, 78
Thursday, January 1: Bus route 11
Friday, January 2: Bus routes 93, 25, 87
About Stanford Sierra Youth & Families
Stanford Sierra Youth & Families proudly celebrates 125 years of empowering youth and families to overcome challenges and thrive. Since their founding in 1900, they’ve evolved from an orphanage into a leading community-based organization providing a full continuum of care, including foster care and adoption services, behavioral and mental health support, substance use prevention, and family stabilization.
Their mission remains steadfast—to ensure every young person has the family, stability, and tools they need to build a bright and successful future.
“From our beginning as an orphanage in 1900 to our transformation into a dynamic community-based organization, Stanford Sierra Youth & Families remains committed to ensuring every young person has the family, stability, and tools they need to thrive.”
— Dr. Laura Heintz, Stanford Sierra Youth & Families CEO
