Pink Shirts to the Rescue for Breast Cancer Research

MESA, Ariz. - June 13, 2013 - PRLog -- Compassionate folks are described as willing to give you the shirt off their backs. Students and staff at International Academy of Hair Design, 1445 W. Southern Ave. in Fiesta Mall support breast cancer research by donning a new, pink, Beauty School Rocks shirt instead.

    Students and staff at International Academy of Hair Design in Mesa, Tempe, Phoenix and West Phoenix, as well as their sister schools ITS Academy of Beauty in Texas and Oklahoma, Olympian University in New Mexico and Hair Benders Academy in Florida are encouraged to purchase the pink, Beauty School Rocks t-shirts and wear them instead of their traditional uniforms.

    For each shirt sold, the company donates $4 to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.  The first month the company sold 161 shirts and donated $644 to the charity.

    “Our Beauty School Rocks t-shirt campaign is one of many ways we champion causes that matter in our communities,” said Margie Wisniski, chief of operations.  “We teach our students about outward beauty, but we encourage kind acts to develop inner beauty as well.”

     International Academy of Hair Design provides students with a distinguished environment that mirrors many of the upscale salons that will employ the cosmetology students after they graduate and earn their cosmetology license.  

     According to a U.S. News and World Report hairdresser is cited as one of the best jobs of 2012. In a March 21, 2012 article in USA Today, beauty salon sales grew 5.4 %.4 in the last two years vs. a 2.3% sales increase in 2009.  With the Bureau of Labor Statistics projections of 15.7% employment growth expected by 2020, the future of hair salons and the future of hair stylists should continue to grow.

    For more information visit www.beautyschoolrocks.com. For direct lines to the Arizona schools call Fiesta Mall in Mesa, 480-820-9422; Tempe 480-964-964-8675; Metro Center, 602-944-0001 and Desert Sky, 623-846-4000. To be connected to a school in your area call 1-877-275-4442 to be connected to a school in your area.