The buzz of a free haircut is a sweet sound for those who can’t afford one.
Now a Pierce County man is helping change lives, one converted school bus at a time.
Brandon Simmons’ day job is converting school buses into self-sufficent homes. Now he is using one of those buses to offer free haircuts in Tacoma.
And he says he hopes this is just the start of what those school buses can do.
A parking lot adjacent to Tacoma’s Fern Hill Library is being converted into an outdoor barbershop.
Stylist Moe Holmes’s salon is in Olympia. But on her day off, she is cutting hair, for free.
“I enjoy being out in the community,” said Holmes. “I haven’t done it for a while. You know, COVID shut a lot of that down. So, here we are.”
You can find the man who envisioned hovering over a portable shampoo bowl or sweeping up freshly cut hair.
Brandon Simmons started his Skoolie Foundation in 2023, named for his business that converts school buses into livable spaces. He was homeless for a time when he was a child.