The Utah Grizzlies partnered with the Ink Against Cancer Foundation for the final Ink Against Cancer Game & Live Tattoo Night to commemorate the team’s final season in Utah and to raise money for …
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — The Utah Grizzlies partnered with the Ink Against Cancer Foundation for the final Ink Against Cancer Game & Live Tattoo Night to commemorate the team’s final season in Utah and to raise money for cancer warriors.
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On Feb. 27 and Feb. 28, the Utah Grizzlies welcomed the Ink Against Cancer Foundation to the rink for one final time, bringing together hockey enthusiasts, tattoo artists, cancer warriors, and community members.
Ink Against Cancer Foundation currently supports more than 94 Cancer Warriors. As a fully volunteer-led nonprofit, the funds raised go directly toward rent, utilities, groceries, medical travel, and critical support when families need it most.
Hildegard Koenig, President and Co-Founder of the Ink Against Cancer Foundation, told ABC4 that 15 tattoo artists donated 100% of their time and profits from the event to people battling cancer.
“They just want to give back to the community,” Koenig said. “We have supported almost 100 cancer warriors.”
The event featured live tattooing during the game where guests had the opportunity to get permanently “inked’ in commemoration of the Grizzlies last season in Utah. The proceeds from the event go towards supporting cancer warriors and their families.
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This is the 10th anniversary of the collaboration between the Ink Against Cancer Foundation and the Utah Grizzlies. Koenig said that the artists hoped to tattoo more than 60 people in one night.
Cydne Butler, President of the Grizzlies Booster Club, walked away with not only her very first tattoo, but a matching one with her son. Butler told ABC4 that the design they picked was in honor of her mother, who recently passed away.
“It kind of looks like my mom, honestly, and we both just really liked it,” she said.
Butler went on to gush about the Ink Against Cancer Organization and her fondness for the community engagement that it inspires.
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“It is just amazing, it really is,” she said.
Donations to the Ink Against Cancer Foundation can be found here.
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