Gregory wakes up at 4:30 a.m. every day to wait in line for a shower at the men’s shelter in Grace Episcopal Church on the Capitol Square.

He’s been on and off the streets in Madison since 2008 and has followed the same morning schedule for years.

“It’s just get the eating done, get the showering done and get out,” said Gregory, who asked that his last name not be used.

Now, a Milwaukee-area outreach group is making it easier for Madison’s homeless to stay clean through the use of a portable shower trailer.

Mr. Bob’s Under the Bridge, which started the shower trailer in Milwaukee nearly two months ago, debuted the truck in Madison Tuesday night. The trailer has four shower stalls, each with an area to sit and get changed. It provides people with soap, a towel and washcloth, flip flops and clean socks and underwear. The truck began the night on State Street before moving to the Capitol Square to offer people showers in that area.

“This is all about hygiene,” said Bob Burmeister, who created the outreach group nearly 12 years ago near Milwaukee. “I don't care where this thing goes. I want anybody that wants to use it to use it.”