Our Mission:
Rob’s Barbershop Community Foundation provides comprehensive management for donors whose desire is to support projects that make grooming services accessible to targeted populations with barriers to regular hygienic care.
AS OF YEAR-END 2020…
Number of projects performed to date: 35
Number of individuals served: 15,254
Number of haircuts performed: 19,552
Number of hairstyles performed: 3,106
Number of other grooming services performed: 2,928
Number of individuals able to attend their job interviews with a neat and clean appearance: 3,972
Number of individuals able to attend their new place of employment with a neat and clean appearance: 3,345
Number of individuals able to attend school with a neat and clean appearance: 7,323
OPERATING PROJECTS SINCE MARCH 2000!
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2020 PROJECTS
HUM SHELTERED WOMEN’S GROOMING PROJECT
We are proud to announce our HUM Sheltered Women’s Grooming Project. RBCF will be assisting with completing a full-service unisex salon exclusively for the 250 women and children who will occupy this newly constructed transitional housing facility. RBCF will ensure that the women have all of the necessary tools and supplies they need within the salon to provide regular grooming for themselves, their children, and fellow clients. The facility is located in South East Baltimore and is expected to begin operation in early 2022.
FOSTER PARENT VIRTUAL GROOMING PROJECT
RBCF is proud to announce our upcoming Foster/Adoptive Parent Virtual Grooming Project. During the next twelve months, RBCF will provide group and one-on-one virtual haircare training sessions for Anne Arundel County foster/adoptive parents. This project was created when we assessed that 40% of Anne Arundel County foster/adoptive parents lacked the proper grooming knowledge and skill when providing hair care for their foster children. We also discovered that 32% of children residing in foster care live in homes with parents of different races/ethnicities, which often contributes to the parents’ lack of knowledge and skill. Therefore, the goal of this project is to increase the grooming knowledge and skill of Anne Arundel County foster/adoptive parents concerning children of all races and ethnicities.
Be sure to list “Foster Parent Project” in the memo section
PROJECT UNDERWRITERS
Implicit IP Solutions
Helen J. Serini Foundation
Jeffery McCroy
Kaliber Construction
Walmart Foundation
Warner Elementary School Grooming Project
RBCF installed a full-service barber & beauty salon in the Elamea P. Warner Elementary School in Wilmington, Deleware. The project was created when we discovered that 73% of the student population possessed barriers to regular grooming services
Project Underwriter
B.K. Simon Family Foundation
The Meltzer Group Employee Giving Fund
Be sure to list “Warner Grooming Project” in the memo section
MACARTHUR MIDDLE SCHOOL GROOMING PROJECT
RBCF installed a full-service barber & beauty salon onsite at MacArthur Middle School. Located in Ft. Meade, Maryland this project was initiated when we assessed that 200 of the 950 students lacked access to regular grooming services.
Be sure to list “MMS Grooming Project” in the memo section
Project Underwriter
The Meltzer Group Employee Giving Fund
Rodney Farmer Sr.
Kenneth Katzen
Arundel Community Development Services
THE HOMELESS GROOMING PROJECT
Help underwrite this years’ cost to hire barbers to provide no-charge grooming services to children and adults who are currently experiencing homelessness (one pre-selected agency annually )
Be sure to list “Haircuts for the Homeless Project” in the memo section
CURRENT PROJECT UNDERWRITER(S):
BSU GROOMING PROJECT
RBCF acts as project manager of a full-service grooming center onsite at the Student Center on the campus of Bowie State University. The onsite grooming center allows all students a community space to provide grooming services to their fellow classmates
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