FASTSIGNS of Antioch Donates Bus Wrap to Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

An excited town shouted "Bus driver, Move – THAT – BUS!" when Extreme Makeover: Home Edition revealed the rebuilt Lighthouse Christian preschool in Antioch. For area resident and business owner Scott Snoyer, it was an unexpected culmination of events that brought him full circle.

It was last April when Snoyer, owner of the FASTSIGNS sign and graphics center in Antioch, TN was approached with the opportunity to donate the vehicle wrap that would go around ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition coach bus. A resident of the Antioch/Nashville area, Snoyer knew once the donation was complete, the bus would leave to begin recording its season around the country and he would ultimately never see it again.

"So many people's lives are touched and made better because of the things that this show does—doing this allowed us the opportunity to be a part of something so much bigger than ourselves," said Snoyer. "We got to be a part of what this bus represents and be the one who wrapped it for the first time."

Snoyer chose to move forward with the project, donating about $15,000 in time, labor and supplies to wrap the charitable reality TV show's bus. The Antioch FASTSIGNS designed the artwork from scratch, printed the graphics on donated materials from 3M and Grimco and then wrapped the entire bus in a matter of days. When all was complete in June, Snoyer and his team watched the bus drive away.

In May, just prior to the bus being wrapped, large areas in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Mississippi experienced torrential rains and devastating floods. Many businesses, schools and homes were damaged or ruined, several just a mile from the Antioch FASTSIGNS center. Operated by the Sweatt family, the Lighthouse Christian School suffered major damages to eight of its 18 campus buildings. Despite their own circumstances, the Sweatt's reached out and helped more than 200 families by providing much needed resources including shelter, food, water, clothing and counseling.

Because of the damage left behind by the floods, Snoyer and his team saw the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition bus sooner than expected. The show rolled into town less than a week ago and partnered with LP Building and HARDAWAY Construction Corp. to rebuild the destroyed Lighthouse Christian preschool, which otherwise may have faced closing.

Once the build was underway, Snoyer and his team went out to the site. There they were given the chance to meet the Sweatt family, along with several others including designers Tracy Hutson and Leigh Anne Tuohy.

"A project of this magnitude really takes a lot of dedication and hard work from a lot of different people; it has been amazing to see how our town has met the challenge and become involved since the Extreme Makeover bus rolled into town," said Snoyer. "My staff, my wife Debbie and I are so proud we were given an opportunity to participate. After all that has happened to this community, seeing that bus now takes on an entirely new meaning for us—it represents hope."