What IS The Dreaded Barber?

Valley resident and New York City trained Master Barber Darryl Brandt, aka The Dreaded Barber, has launched a new venture. He previously built a reputation in the west valley when he brought his SNIP barber shops from Albuquerque over seventeen years ago.  Nearly a decade ago he created Public Image, a barber shop & salon concept on Phoenix's Roosevelt Row. It closed at the onset of the Covid pandemic.  This multicultural bohemian with just under two and a half decades of barber experience has radically downsized to create a non profit providing free haircuts to homeless, less fortunate, and marginalized members of our community while also providing a confidential, nonjudgemental, safe, and trauma informed opportunity to create dialogue and break stigmas.  With information on mental health awareness & suicide prevention, fighting the opiod epidemic, and providing linkage to care for the unsheltered,  this is clearly more than just a haircut.

A block grant has been awarded. Funds become available in July earmarked for a used shuttle bus' purchase and repurposing it into a licensed, self contained, air conditioned bus that will have all the sights, sounds, and smells of a brick and mortar barber shop plus the safety and peace of mind of continuing to provides so much more than a haircut.

By donating to the charity, the bus can be booked to provide services at corporate events, block parties, BBQs, bachelor parties, concerts, festivals, PPVs, poker nights, pool parties or any other events you can dream up. Those donations will help fund routine maintenence for the vehicle, gas, storage. and further expand the charity's widespread community outreach.