– Deborah Owens – Robert Cradle is Giving Haircuts to the Homeless

Listen To The Interview

– 2012 YEAR IN REVIEW

Year-end Outputs and Outcomes For 2012:

Outputs…

• 936 individuals received a total of 1,496 grooming services.

• 1,429 were haircuts, 35 were hairstyles, 59 received shaves and 15 received chemical services.

Outcomes…

• 24% of the individuals groomed were now able to attend their job interviews with a neat and clean appearance.

• 19% were now able to regularly attend their place of employment with a neat and clean appearance.

• 57% were now able to attend school with a neat and clean appearance

• 60% indicated that our projects improved their hygiene and self-image.

• 52% indicated that without our projects they would not be able to afford regular grooming services.

– The Face of Philanthropy” “A Nonprofit Offers Homeless Clients Free Haircuts-and Pride” Chronicles of Philanthropy Magazine

A Nonprofit Offers Homeless Clients Free Haircuts—and Pride

– Rob’s Barbershop: Community Changing Lives – Afro American Newspaper

Rob’s Barbershop: Community Changing Lives

Rob’s Barbershop_ Community Changing Lives _ AFRO American Newspapers 8 2012 (PDF Version)

– Haircuts for the Homeless – Ebony Magazine

– 2012 “Clean Again” mini-doc on the Helping Up Mission Project by Russell Midori