For Fort Worth resident Tyrone Miller, 38, a haircut offers a better outlook on life.

“I was scruffy. When he cut my hair, I felt good. I looked good,” Miller said from inside Clean Up USA’s barbershop bus. “It’s been excellent.”

Nonprofit organization Clean Up USA hosts free haircut days, free clothing days and food pantries in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Every Tuesday, the organization is stationed in Fort Worth at various locations.

  • Jordan Allsup, right, cuts Stan Krupnik’s hair on Sept. 6 at the Clean Up USA barber shop bus at Never the Less Always the More Ministries, 1136 E. Vickery Blvd. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
  • Stan Krupnik receives a haircut on Sept. 6 at the Clean Up USA barber shop bus at Never the Less Always the More Ministries, 1136 E. Vickery Blvd. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
  • Guests wait to receive haircuts on Sept. 6 at the Clean Up USA barber shop bus at Never the Less Always the More Ministries, 1136 E. Vickery Blvd. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
  • Clients sign the inside of the Clean Up USA barber shop bus at Never the Less Always the More Ministries, 1136 E. Vickery Blvd. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
  • Stan Krupnik leaves after his haircut on Sept. 6 at the Clean Up USA barber shop bus at Never the Less Always the More Ministries, 1136 E. Vickery Blvd. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
  • Tyrone Miller, 38, waits to receive a haircut on Sept. 6 at the Clean Up USA barber shop bus at Never the Less Always the More Ministries, 1136 E. Vickery Blvd. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
  • Hair lies on the floor inside the Clean Up USA barber shop bus on Sept. 6 at Never the Less Always the More Ministries, 1136 E. Vickery Blvd. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
  • Guests wait for haircuts on Sept. 6 at the Clean Up USA barber shop bus at Never the Less Always the More Ministries, 1136 E. Vickery Blvd. Jordan Allsup, the founder of Clean Up USA, owns an R.V. that houseless people can shower in and a mobile clothing bus. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
  • Never the Less Always the More Ministries, 1136 E. Vickery Blvd., host the Clean Up USA barber shop bus on Sept. 6. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)
  • Guests receive food inside the Never the Less Always the More Ministries, 1136 E. Vickery Blvd., food pantry on Sept. 6. (Cristian ArguetaSoto | Fort Worth Report)

The bus was stationed Sept. 6 outside of Never the Less Always the More Ministries, 1136 E. Vickery Blvd., where volunteers give away food to houseless people.

Organization founder Jordan Allsup began cutting hair in March 2020.

“I prayed for a long time for God to send a barber,” Allsup said. “He sent me a pair of clippers.”

Allsup said he gave over 1,000 haircuts in 2021. 

Volunteer coordinator Debbie Arnold said the organization doesn’t go to a destination unless it is invited.

Haircuts inside the barber shop bus are free of charge and serve as an example of Allsup’s mission to serve the community. Some days, Allsup drives the clothing bus around. Other days, he drives his own home, a recreational vehicle, and lets homeless people shower in it, he said.

“I pray every day that God gives me the skills and the ability to serve my neighbors and give my neighbors the grace to receive whatever I can give them.”

Cristian ArguetaSoto is the community engagement journalist at the Fort Worth Report. Contact him by email or via Twitter. At the Fort Worth Report, news decisions are made independently of our board members and financial supporters. Read more about our editorial independence policy here.

Clean Up USA September Schedule:

9 a.m. to noon Sept. 11 Casa de Esperanza in Fort Worth
1 to 4 p.m. Sept. 11 Samaritans House in Fort Worth
Noon to 3 p.m. Sept. 12 Midpark Towers in Dallas
8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Sept. 13 Salvation Army Fort Worth
12:30 to 3 p.m. Sept. 13 YMCA in Arlington
10 a.m. to noon Sept. 17 Fellowships of the Parks Grapevine
4 to 8 p.m. Sept. 19 New Friends, New Life (Women only) in Dallas
8 a.m. to noon Sept. 20 Downtown Fort Worth
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 21 Roti Fundraiser (McKinney Avenue)
9 a.m. to noon Sept. 25 Women and Children’s Center Fort Worth
4 -to8 p.m. Sept. 26 The Entro Apartments in Dallas
9 a.m. to noon Sept. 27 LVT Rise in Fort Worth

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Cristian ArguetaSotoCommunity Engagement Journalist

Cristian is a May 2021 graduate of Texas Christian University. At TCU, ArguetaSoto served as staff photographer at TCU360 and later as its visual editor, overseeing other photojournalists. A Fort Worth...