Dead Girlz Tattoo Shop owner Dollie Martin holds a photo of an autism awareness tattoo available at her shop this month. Those asking for the tattoo receive a discount and a portion of the tattoo purchase goes to the Chattanooga Autism Association.Dead Girlz Tattoo owner Dollie Martin is launching a variety of charity fundraisers out of her relocated shop in Rossville, with reduced-price tattoos and gift card giveaways as incentives to do good deeds.
“Every year I do all kinds of charitable stuff, so it’s good to let the community know about it, so they can help too,” said Martin, who began working as a tattoo artist 17 years ago.
This month, for example, if someone donates nonperishable food for Thanksgiving baskets or Little Debbie cakes for the area Ronald McDonald House, their name will be entered into a drawing to win a $250 gift certificate for a tattoo at Dead Girlz Tattoo, she said.
Martin plans to donate Thanksgiving meals to 20 families in the local community that need help.
For those who bring in a box of Little Debbie snack cakes, Martin is offering reduced-price tattoos of symbolic awareness ribbons starting at a cost of $30. Some examples are a pink ribbon in honor of October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month and a ribbon with puzzle pieces on the inside in honor of autism awareness.