Tattoo Shop Gives Back; You Can Help, Too!
Monday August 4, 2008
It's nice to be able to report about something positive, and this story really touched my heart when I saw it this morning. Several artists from Bambu Needlez tattoo shop in Mary Esther, Florida have collaborated with a local special needs school (Silver Sands) to volunteer their time and provide an art program for the students. The school hasn't been able to afford supplies needed to provide their own art program and when Bambu Needlez called and offered their services, they happily accepted.
Volunteer artists from Bambu Needlez plan to visit the school at least once a month and have already been collecting supplies. This is where you come in - if you are able to donate, they need all the poster board, glue, paints, brushes, etc. that they can get their hands on. For more details, you can call the school at 850-833-3364 or Bambu Needlez Tattoo at 850-226-4091.
Comments
The first thing I’d do if I were them would be to ask local art and craft stores, and supermarkets for donations (if approached the right way they always say yes to reasonable requests from schools). Play doh and finger paints can be made from materials bought/donated from the supermarket, and a roll of freezer paper can be cut up to make soak-through-proof finger paint paper (tape it down). Charity begins at home, and although I do hope you get Internet donations you will do your studio more good (and more good for tattoo culture in general) by getting locals involved first and foremost; you want to foster positive associations between tattoo culture and the locals whenever possible, and nothing earns more respect than being the stand up person who leads by example.
Kudos to Bambu Needlez!
it would be great to see more instances like this in order to save art, much like the save the music programs that have swept the country.
thank you karen for highlighting this to such a widespread audience. Should this program be succesful, i am sure we will see many more like it spring up. the more people that know about this effort the better, also the better chance this will be a success and spread throughout the country as more and more art programs are discontinued.
thank you bambu needlez for stepping up, much success with this project and in your business.
obviously they will be involving the local community, that is a given, the nationwide and beyond exposure helps sprout new programs everywhere, and i hope they keep karen informed.
vor don is not an associate of about.com, nothing i say means squat, beyond being a voice of reason, with my own common sense, and opinions.
WOW! what a day brightener!! See folks, it doesn’t take a whole lot to be a giver…not just a taker…in this business. If some of the rock star tattooers would think of the trails they are leaving (none) and what they could REALLY do with their talents and resources…sigh.
but to the folks at Bambu—I salute you!
Now let the rest of us think what WE can do…and then DO IT!
WoW! Thats my uncles shop how did you find out about this. Email me back as soon as possible if you can.