Robās Barbershop Community Foundation (RBCF) is well known formanaging projects in Maryland that provide no-charge haircuts and hairstyles servicesto children and adults who lack access to regular grooming services.
Therefore,on June 25, 2018 at 5PM the RBCF and the Maryland Center for Veterans Education and Training (MCVET) will cut the ribbon on a single chair barber/beauty salon that will exclusively provide no-charge grooming services homeless veterans.
Located in Southeast Baltimore, the shop will serve up to 175 of our Countryās former armed service men and women. The shop is the first of its kind in Baltimore, with the cost of the installation is funded with private grants and donations from individuals.
MCVET has operated a 175 bed transitional shelter for homeless veterans (both male and female service members) for more than twenty-five years. The facility addresses employment training and placement, housing assistance, addiction, mental health issues, and more.
The goal of full employment, independence, and reintegration into the community is not fully attainable if these veteransā appearance is suffering from a lack of access to regular grooming,ā says Robert Cradle, Managing Director of the RBCF.
āWhen the new barber/salon is installed, MCVET will enlist volunteer barbers and hairstylists to provide haircuts, hairstyles, shaves and needed chemical treatmentsā.
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