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P.INK Tattoo – Connecting breast cancer survivors with tattoo artists

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This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Bryant chapter.

P.INK provides tattoo inspirations, ideas, and artist info to breast cancer survivors.  It stands for “Personal Ink” and was started by a survivor named Molly who was left with scars after a double mastectomy.  She decided to redisgn her breasts completely and leave them looking absolutely beautiful.  WIth her strong connection and love for Brazil, she chose to tattoo a Brazilian flower symbolizing rarity and resilience on both breasts.  After founding this organization and redesigning her breasts, let’s just say she is a bit excited to walk the beaches of Brazil topless.

P.INK has come to the realization that cancer sucks and even if you do survive, it takes over your body and leaves many unforgettable marks-physically, mentally, and emotionally.  We all agree.  P.INK believes that covering these scars with a different kind of mark (a tattoo) will turn pain into beauty.  What is possibly more beautiful than that?  Here at Her Campus Bryant, we fundraise as much as we can each year to various organizations which are finding cures for diseases that rip our loved ones out of our lives.  But, we have never come across something like this which is truly a healing gift to the survivors of a disease which takes millions of mothers, daughters, wives, sisters, even men, and friends from our lives each year. After you watch the video below, please join us in spreading the word by liking P.INK on Facebook and following them on Pinterest.

If you are interested in donating to help fund tattoos click here or check out some pictures here of P.INK Day earlier this year where 10 artists were connected with 10 survivors.

Below is a video found on UpWorthy News which explains this story-viewer discretion is advised because there is nudity but we hope you find this story touching and pass it along.

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Jessica is a senior at Bryant University where she is majoring in management and double minoring in marketing and communication.  She holds the position as Editor-In-Chief of Her Campus Bryant and was actually one of the first founding members!  Beyond Her Campus Bryant, she is the Vice President of the Bryant Marketing Association and a MyPath Mentor.  She loves working at the Amica Center for Career Education where she manages their marketing and social media efforts but also enjoys her time at the Hassenfeld Institute for Public Leadership and the school's bookstore. When at home in Connecticut, she loves to watch movies with her family, play with her dog, have bonfires with friends, sleepovers with her sister, and scrapbook! Jessica aspires to one day manage her own department of a fortune 500 company, or even run her own company with a little bit of writing on the side!  Upon graduating this coming May, she will jump-start her career at EMC as a Marketing Development Associate in the Marketing Development Program.
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Hillary Coombs is a junior at Bryant University studying International Business and Marketing minoring in Chinese and Spanish. She works during the summers at Westminster Tool blogging and updating all social media accounts as well as interning in the International Affairs office. During the fall of 2012, Hillary studied abroad in Salamanca, Spain where she held a marketing internship and perfected her Spanish language. At Bryant, she works in the Office of Planning and Institutional Research gathering crucial university data and presenting it through documents to the President, Deans, and other faculty members of Bryant University. Aside from working and studying Hillary is a member of the Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority and Omicorn Delta Kappa. Hillary finds peace of mind staying active and running in local 5K races.