Meet Jordan Allsup

We were lucky to catch up with Jordan Allsup recently and have shared our conversation below.

Jordan, so good to have you with us today. We’ve always been impressed with folks who have a very clear sense of purpose and so maybe we can jump right in and talk about how you found your purpose?
As I was getting ready to graduate from UTA I knew that I had an innate desire to help people? How was I going to do that, I didn’t know, but I knew I wanted to help.

I had the thought that hospitals seem to help a lot of people, and it would be a great place to exercise my science & mathematical nature. So I started off on the journey to help others through Physical Therapy. After 5 years of helping people transform their lives, I was effective but I was not satiated.

A short stint in the business world led me to May of 2020 & the most profound question I could think of. Businesses, not just my own, were tanking due to CoVID, and my faith stirred inside me to ask God, “What is on your heart?” In that moment a voice from the inside, called out to me from a height & depth that I had not heard. It stirred a righteous curiosity & eagerness to find out what was on the other side.

The desire to create an organization called CleanUP emerged along with the desire to transform the world. God channeled my stubbornness into resiliency; my matter-of-factness into a certainty of His will for my life.

Thanks, so before we move on maybe you can share a bit more about yourself?
CleanUP was founded in May of 2020 to meet practical everyday needs of the community, showers, haircuts, hygiene, etc.

How do we do that? We transform buses into Mobile Environments that set the stage for a physical, emotional, & spiritual transformation. Currently we have 7 key avenues of services: Barbershop, Showers, Clothing Closet, Lounge, Clinic, Classroom, & Delivery.

December 31, 2020 CleanUP purchased our first unit that we call “The Big House.” This motorhome served as my personal home for 2 years. I would drive around the DFW metroplex and look for Neighbors in need. I would invite neighbors in for Showers, Haircuts, as well as distribute CleanUP Kits (food & drinks) & Hygiene. After the 1st full year of serving; 1400 Showers, 1000 haircuts, 15,000 CleanUP Kits; the community the need was established, the method was well received, but the opportunity to shed more light into the community was available.

The first day of serving in January 2022 after taking my son back to school, I was driving to Dallas when the transmission went out on “The Big House.” After finding out that I would be out of my home for a few weeks while repairs were being made, the desire to serve seemed overwhelming. As I was having a moment of silence, gathering myself for the next move I heard that voice again, from the depths of my soul, to buy a school bus. I googled “School Buses for sale near me” and amazingly enough a school bus was for sale less than a mile from me. CleanUP ended up purchasing that bus as well as another bus local to DFW that year. Before “The Big House” was repaired CleanUP now had a school bus transformed into a Barbershop & a Clothing Closet. The rest is history as they say.

Currently CleanUP has 13 Mobile Environments & growing. Everyday we receive request from surrounding communities & states to bring CleanUP to them. There is a strong need to produce more mobile environments across the state of Texas and nationally.

Looking back, what do you think were the three qualities, skills, or areas of knowledge that were most impactful in your journey? What advice do you have for folks who are early in their journey in terms of how they can best develop or improve on these?
Over the past several years I have learned a lot about myself. First, I am an enneagram 8, and I see the world through challenges that are awaiting & inviting me to overcome them. I enjoy challenges; I seek challenges out, but most importantly I desire to help others overcome challenges.

Everyday I embark on the CleanUP journey, it continues to speak into the unified nature of this world. God created me with the gifts & talents to see challenges and overcome them, but my personal battle is will I face & overcome challenges for myself alone or the world.

To some people, identifying & disrupting the injustices in the world would seem daunting. Others would be overwhelmed by the tragedies shared everyday in serving the community, but God has uniquely formed my empathy tank to control what I can control.

Most importantly I would say is my faith in God. My faith fuels me, focuses me, gives me direction, & acts as a filter for opportunities that would come my way.

Okay, so before we go we always love to ask if you are looking for folks to partner or collaborate with?
CleanUP operates in a Support & Serve model meaning we support local business, charities, & organizations by providing a service that they do not to the neighbors they serve.

This makes us very versatile & appealing, but can leave us short handed with resources & volunteers.

We see CleanUP as an opportunity for business & foundations to live out their Social Responsibility by supporting CleanUP with resources & volunteers.

Barbers, Stylists, Bus Drivers would be an easy collaboration. Every city CleanUP serves in we need a store house for donations to reload each day, so commercial real estate is extremely helpful. With the rise in demand for CleanUP we are looking for additional sources for buses as well as partners to assist in transforming the buses into a mobile environment.

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