Local organization works to provide rides for Marines during holiday season

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – 29-PSP is a local non-profit organization of volunteers that work to provide Marines at the Twentynine Palms Marine Corps Base rides to the Palm Springs International Airport during the holiday season.

This year organizers say they are facing high demand with a shortage of volunteers. Volunteers and 29-PSP officials said the original holiday transportation came from free rides by the Marine Corps base. This year they were told those rides would no longer be provided, and they do not know the reason.

Now organizers are working to get funding for rides and vans to transport the Marines. They say each ride costs around $50 and a van rental is $250.

News Channel 3 is working to get answers on what caused a decrease in volunteers and transportation for Marine travel this year, and the work organizers are putting in to make sure they reach their travel plans.