Airdrie tattoo shop excited to host annual Friday the 13th fundraiser

An area tattoo parlor in Airdrie is flipping the script on Friday the Thirteenth – a day that brings to thoughts ‘80s slasher flicks and dangerous luck – with its annual fundraiser that offers again to the neighborhood.

Brandi Lee, tattoo artist and founding father of Human Kanvas, mentioned the infamous date is a trademark vacation for tattoo parlours, including that some retailers will provide up $13 tattoos and Friday-the-Thirteenth-inspired ink to their patrons.

Nonetheless, Human Kanvas has taken a charitable spin on the superstition of Friday the Thirteenth because it opened its doorways in Airdrie on Friday, Feb 13, 2009.   

“We have been younger and new and we determined to do a fundraiser for the meals financial institution and it was tremendous small,” Lee mentioned. “By means of the years, we simply saved going with it and it completely picked up momentum.”

In 2013, the store raised funds for Inventive Airdrie’s ARTember competition in September, whereas its artists accomplished a marathon of Friday-the-Thirteenth-inspired tattoos for patrons. And whereas the charity the store helps has modified through the years, the custom has remained the identical, a minimum of up till final yr.

Lee mentioned the store was rearing to host its annual fundraiser for March 13 of final yr, however because of the arrival of COVID-19 in Alberta, they went forward with a modified model of the occasion as an alternative. Since then, the fundraiser has appeared slightly bit completely different for the store.

“Earlier than, it was only a marathon of tattoos all day and it was exhausting and it was loopy,” she mentioned. “Now, we simply wish to do good tattoos and piercings. We wished to do one thing good and that’s what the day is about for us now.

“We wish to hold the day enjoyable for artists they usually need to have the ability to get out with their art work that possibly they don’t get the chance to do day-after-day, and naturally they’re giving slightly little bit of a deal to the shoppers.”

Lee mentioned she hasn’t but chosen a charity for this month’s iteration of the occasion, however she promised all funds raised will probably be put into the store’s charitable account, for use towards native initiatives sooner or later. She added the store’s workers could select to help a lot of Indigenous causes or B.C. wildfire reduction efforts.

“We get a variety of requests from native fundraisers and so we pull out of that account to help these fundraisers each time we are able to,” she mentioned. “I feel we’re very profitable and really appreciative of all of our clients and so in the future of the yr, we are able to afford to try this and assist others that want slightly little bit of assist.”

Airdrie-based Human Kanvas is internet hosting a Friday the Thirteenth fundraiser on Aug 13 when proceeds from every tattoo and piercing offered will go in direction of a neighborhood charity. Submitted/For Airdrie Metropolis View

Human Kanvas is nearly totally booked for Aug 13 appointments, in keeping with Lee, with only some slots remaining for tattoos and piercings.

She mentioned the store can also be internet hosting a bingo sport for individuals who aren’t capable of get an appointment. Patrons should buy a bingo quantity for $20 and be entered right into a random draw to win a $500 present card to Human Kanvas.

“All of that cash will probably be donated and it was sort of a method that individuals may nonetheless help with out having to have an appointment,” she mentioned. “It’s one-in-a-hundred likelihood of successful.”

In line with an article in regards to the phenomenon of Friday the Thirteenth on Historical past.com, Fridays that fall on the Thirteenth day of any specific month are thought-about to convey dangerous luck, just like strolling beneath a ladder or seeing a black cat cross your path. The superstitious date has impressed a late-Nineteenth-century secret society, a well-liked early-Twentieth-century novel and a well known horror movie franchise.