Tattooed Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
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Posted: 11:02 PM Oct 12, 2008
Tattooed Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Some people in Madison are honoring Breast Cancer Awareness Month by getting daily reminders of how cancer has affected their lives.
Reporter: WSAW Staff

Tattooed Pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
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Some people in Madison are honoring Breast Cancer Awareness Month by getting daily reminders of how cancer has affected their lives.

Some people tattooing their skin pink are cancer survivors. Others have been affected by it.

The owner of Tattoos by Michelle in Madison started the ribbon campaign after her friend died of cancer.

“I got my tattoo for my friend,” said Michelle Thierfelder. “A lot of people view it as a way that they always have the person will them all the time because it’s on their body.”

Michelle is also honoring Breast Cancer Awareness Month by giving free tattoos to clients who donate anywhere from $50-300 to go toward cancer research and help prevent others from being affected by cancer in the future.


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Posted by: Bucky Location: Madison on Oct 27, 2008 at 12:23 AM

Accents - Tattoos by Michele has a website for more information. www.inkmadison.com. Michele's last walk-in day is this Friday, October 31st.
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Posted by: nikki Location: beckley on Oct 13, 2008 at 01:50 AM

I think this is a wonderful thing. She rock's i would love to were my pink ribbion all year around too! from past expirance that as affect my life Breast cancer can damage the life of not only the person who has the desease but everyone relatedto the victem is a victom of the desease itself! There should be more people like the one aired in your pieace to help raise money for the cure an only to help others!
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