{"id":1481,"date":"2025-10-02T03:12:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T03:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qbhouse.co\/sg\/?p=1481"},"modified":"2025-10-16T08:48:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T08:48:55","slug":"qb-house-honoured-as-a-city-of-good-at-pvpa-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qbhouse.co\/sg\/qb-house-honoured-as-a-city-of-good-at-pvpa-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"QB HOUSE: Honored as a \u2018City of Good\u2019 at PVPA 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

President\u2019s Volunteerism & Philanthropy Awards 2025: QB HOUSE Named \u2018City of Good\u2019<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Mr Osamu Matsumoto, Director of QB HOUSE Singapore stands on the left of President Tharman Shanmugaratnam among fellow awardees at the PVPA 2025 ceremony<\/p><\/div>\n

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Singapore, 1 October 2025<\/u><\/b> \u2013 QB HOUSE, together with Children\u2019s Cancer Foundation (CCF) and Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery (KMSPKS) has been jointly awarded the prestigious \u2018City of Good\u2019 at the President\u2019s Volunteerism & Philanthropy Awards (PVPA) 2025. The award recognizes the collective efforts in raising childhood cancer awareness and funds for children and families impacted by cancer through Hair for Hope Satellite Event held at KMSPKS \u2013 Singapore\u2019s only head-shaving event organized by CCF.<\/p>\n

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Hair for Hope event held at KMSPKS on 27 April 2025<\/p><\/div>\n

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Since being appointed the official hairstylist sponsor by CCF in 2015, QB HOUSE has deployed around 20 hairstylists each year to shave at KMSPKS. To date, more than 3800 participants have had their heads shaved at KMSPKS, helping to raise over $2.7 million in support of children with cancer. Every shaven head represents an understanding by an individual of the ordeals that a child with cancer is subjected to.<\/p>\n

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“2025 marks our 10th year supporting Hair for Hope, with more than 20,000 heads shaved to date to raise awareness and funds for children and their families,” said Mr. Osamu Matsumoto. \u201cQB HOUSE is honoured to receive the ‘City of Good’ award in recognition of our efforts. This milestone reflects our deep commitment to giving back to society.\u201d Mr Osamu Matsumoto as the corporate ambassador for Hair for Hope 2025 also shaved his head to show his solidarity and support for children with cancer.<\/p>\n

For over two decades, QB HOUSE has been serving the community in Singapore, providing affordable and quality haircuts to more than 15 million customers. Beyond being just a business, QB HOUSE has earned the trust of the community and contributing positively to the everyday well-being of people from all walks of life. Looking ahead, QB HOUSE remains committed to continuing these efforts in a sustainable and impactful manner, fostering community spirit and driving positive social change.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/qbhouse.co\/sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/PVPA-Press-Release.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hair for Hope Satellite Event organized by Children’s Cancer Foundation at Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery with QB HOUSE were honored with the City of Good Award conferred by President Tharman Shanmugaratnam at the President’s Volunteerism & Philanthropy Awards 2025!\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qbhouse.co\/sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qbhouse.co\/sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qbhouse.co\/sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qbhouse.co\/sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qbhouse.co\/sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1481"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/qbhouse.co\/sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1518,"href":"https:\/\/qbhouse.co\/sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1481\/revisions\/1518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qbhouse.co\/sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qbhouse.co\/sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qbhouse.co\/sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}