Pink ink tattoos for the cure

NORFOLK,Va. - Angie Kelly knows a tattoo is permanent, and she already has six of them. "They're addicting. Once you get one you can't stop," she told WAVY.com.

Kelly says her latest tattoo, however, is for a good cause. Fusion Ink in Norfolk is donating all of its proceeds from any ribbon tattoo to Susan G Komen for the cure.

It was Beth James and Danielle Geyer's idea. "A dear friend was diagnosed three years ago and passed away this February," James explained.

She and Geyer got matching ankle ink in her honor. Then another friend suggested turning the tattoos into a fundraiser and the guys at Fuzion jumped right on board.

"Today is my day off, but I came in to help as much as I can for the cause, because I lost my grandmother to breast cancer in early June," said tattoo artist Drewski Elish.

Elish said he was going to donate all the money he made on Tuesday for the tattoos he did. Management has agreed to donate for any ribbon of cause, be it pink, red or pearly white, like the one Kelly got.

"I'm doing this for my Dad cause he died of lung cancer," Kelly said.

Wether it's plain and bold, fancier like Danielle's, for a loved one or the cause in general, James is sure the tattoos will make a permanent statement. "That's just how I'm going to remember her and fight for her and fight for everybody else this is happening to," he said.

The tattoo fundraiser is going on until 8 Tuesday, September 29, at Fuzion Ink. The shop is located at 729 Granby Street in Norfolk.  At 8 p.m. local artists will be selling some of their work and also donating the proceeds to Susan G Komen For The Cure In Tidewater.