By Lachlan Ellis<\/p>\n
A local tattoo parlour has raised close to $10,000 for the RCH Good Friday Appeal, with hopes high that another fundraiser next year can crack the five figures.<\/p>\n
Bacchus Marsh\u2019s Disciples of Ink ran its second \u2018Flash Day Fundraiser\u2019 for this year\u2019s Good Friday Appeal, raising a total of $9,730.85 \u2013 smashing last year\u2019s tally of $6,846.<\/p>\n
Around 70 people booked in for tattoos, with four tattooists working from 9 am to 8 pm to get the job done, with all proceeds going to the Royal Children\u2019s Hospital.<\/p>\n
Disciples of Ink owner Kieran Tyrrell said it was a bit of a surprise just how many people got involved with the Flash Day, and he hopes to expand the fundraiser next year.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were pretty stoked. We changed things up a little bit in regards to how we ran the event, and it was crappy weather, but we had some people camping out from about 4.30 in the morning. I thought the crappy weather might have put a dampener on the day, but it turned out that people kept coming through, some even came back for seconds,\u201d Mr Tyrrell told the Moorabool News.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was a little bit surprised, I didn\u2019t know if people would be able to give as generously as they did this year. But at the same time, it seems that people really do want to get involved with helping the Good Friday Appeal out. They get something out of it, but they\u2019re also putting their money in for the Appeal.\u201d<\/p>\n
Organising the Flash Day this year was a little hurried, but Mr Tyrrell hopes to get the ball rolling on organising a Flash Day for 2024 a bit earlier, and hopefully get more tattoo parlours involved.<\/p>\n
\u201cI reckon we will run a Flash Day again, we\u2019ll try and do it every year. I wouldn\u2019t mind trying to get other shops involved, maybe spread the load a bit and see what we can do in regards to raising more money. There\u2019s only so much we can do as one shop,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf we can get a few more involved, maybe get the Tattooist Guild involved, we could raise more money and get some shops involved in different areas.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Tyrrell thanked the community and volunteers for supporting Disciples of Ink\u2019s Flash Day Fundraiser, and the Moorabool News for helping promote the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
By Lachlan Ellis A local tattoo parlour has raised close to $10,000 for the RCH Good Friday Appeal, with hopes high that another fundraiser next year can crack the five figures. Bacchus Marsh\u2019s Disciples of Ink ran its second \u2018Flash Day Fundraiser\u2019 for this year\u2019s Good Friday Appeal, raising a total of $9,730.85 \u2013 smashing […]<\/p>\n