TheCompany of Good
At the Hair for Hope 2016 event at VivoCity,
the then QB House Managing Director Mr
Ryoji Furuya was amazed by the number of
female shavees.
“If we had this event in Japan, the shavees
would be mostly men. But here, we have
many young women - even those with long
hair - who did not hesitate to shave. I have
great respect for the Singaporeans who
came forward to support this cause”, saidMr
Furuya.
QBHouse was the official hairstylist for Hair
for Hope 2015 and 2016, and has been
supporting Hair for Hope satellite events
since 2012.
Besides the main Hair for Hope event,
donation boxes were placed at seven of QB
House’s outlets from 25April to 31 July 2016.
The Japanese hair salon also donated $1 for
every completed haircut over the weekend
of 16-17 July 2016, raising about $8,000 in
donations for CCF.
Hair for Hope is the first social cause in Singapore the company has contributed to, but it has already
drawn interests from QB House hairstylists across the region. In 2015, eight hairstylists from Japan,
Taiwan and Hongkong volunteered for themain event, flying to Singapore at their own expense to join
70 local hairstylists here.
In 2016, the number of international volunteers more than doubled. More than 50 hairstylists from the
same three countries volunteered for Hair for Hope, and 20were eventually selected.
One of the hairstylists, Mr Miyazaki Yoshihisa from Japan, was the winner of QB House’s worldwide
haircut contest. He volunteered for the event as one of his relatives was undergoing cancer treatment,
spurring him to lend a helping hand to others in the same plight.
Cancer is universal, and so is the support for the fight against it, he said.
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“QB House has been in Singapore for more than 10
years, and 99% of our customers are local. We wanted to
contribute to theSingaporesociety, andsincewespecialise
in cutting hair, Hair for Hope is a good fit.”
-Mr Ryoji Furuya, ManagingDirector of QBHouse, Hair for
HopeOfficial Hairstylist
