Primal Flame Tattoo, a member of the Boone Community, has partnered up with OASIS Raising money and raise awareness for the Domestic Violence Help Organization through a Flash Tattoo Event on April 16.
Laken Hamby overheard Kellie Bass, the rape education coordinator at OASIS talking about her job with OASIS. Hamby said that the owners of Primal Flame Tattoo, Dylan Rosage, and Steve Garvey were looking at partnerships with local charities.
Bass was aware that OASIS has done similar events in the past with tattoo parlors, such as Speakeasy Tattoo Co. situated on King Street. She said she had been one of the ones to sleep outside for the event at Speakeasy and that it “was one of the best times of my college career.”
Primal Flame Tattoo will donate to OASIS 50% of its proceeds from this flash event, along with monetary donations. items needed for the people in OASIS’s care. They are most in need of clothing for men and women. They ask people to not donate things such as deodorant, body wash, and toothbrushes/toothpaste since they already have plenty.
“We’ve been around the area for a while and, you know, we always wanted to do something like this, didn’t know if it was gonna take off or anything,” Garvey said. “Honestly, it’s been well received and people hear about it, and friends that we tattooed, that people have a good experience. They want to keep coming back, and it breathes their own life. It’s amazing actually and this is gonna be cool.”
Primal Flame has posted 12 tattoos, each costing $120, for the Flash event on their website. Instagram You can also find out more about the following: website. The store will be open between noon and 8 p.m.
“It’s cool to be in the position, now as business owners, we get to do things like this, you know, without necessarily asking permission from the owner of the shop,” Rosage said. “This fits more on, like, the purpose side of stuff as opposed to just profit.”
Bass stated that OASIS is planning 36 events for April. This is more than the number of days in the month. Bass said that they were motivated by April being Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
“These events are cool because the donations that come to us are unrestricted funding,” Bass said.
She said most funding comes from local and federal grants, but they’re “really strict” about ways the money can be used.
“So if somebody’s the only reason for not leaving their abuser is that they need $600 to fix their car, we can’t use grant funding for that but we can use the money we make from these kinds of events to do that,” Bass said.
Hamby stated that the flash tattoo event would also include two raffle tickets, each worth $5. Hamby said that each raffle basket would include a $100 Gift Certificate and that all proceeds of the tickets would go to OASIS.
“I mean, honestly, we have to praise Laken for sure,” Garvey said.
He said she ran the idea by the two owners, which “were totally about it” but it was a “big help from her.”
Primal Flame will allow only walk-in customers that day to “knock out as many as possible,” Hamby said.
“We want to be a part of the community. So for just being open a couple of months, it’s sweet to be able to already start working with other people and making some positive change,” Rosage said.
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