As the island nation of Puerto Rico continues it’s long, drawn-out recovery from the damages wrought by Hurricane Irma, one tattoo parlor in Austin is doing its part to help out.

Corpus Opus Tattoo, located at 401 Main St., Suite 201, will hold a two-day tattoo marathon to raise money for a family in Puerto Rico.

“It was first mentioned after [Derrick] Brooks and I tossed the idea around a couple months ago,” said owner Misty Chastain-Katus. “This is a family doing whatever they can do to help other families. They’re doing a lot of stuff to help other people.”

The family in question is Daniel and Edna Dumas, both veterans that Brooks, a veteran himself, knew. One hundred percent of the proceeds will go toward the couple. There is a 40 percent minimum donation and anybody choosing to give $100 or more will be entered into a raffle for a free half-day session.

The tattoos themselves will be about two to three inches and Chastain-Katus and Beasley will use Sailor Jerry-inspired designs. Sailor Jerry, who’s real name was Norman Collins, was famous for the tattooing of sailors.

The effort will run from noon to 10 p.m. each day; however, if there is more interest outside the two days, the parlor is thinking about overflow days.

“We’ve discussed a run-off day,” said apprentice Annette Beasley, who has been with Corpus Opus since last summer. “If it gets crazy, we’ll try to squeeze in a few more.”

The move to help the couple falls in line with another cause that Corpus Opus is heavily involved in, that also helps veterans — The Warrior Ink Project — a program that donates tattoos to veterans as a form of therapy for those suffering in some manner including from Traumatic Brain Injury, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Military Sexual Trauma.

Veterans meeting a certain criteria are eligible for their free tattoo including being in the service, deployment while active, being injured and being actively involved in the veterans community.

It’s a connection that’s made the two efforts somewhat connective.

“It’s just easy to reach out like that because of the Warrior Ink Project,” Chastain-Katus said.

For those interested in taking part in the marathon, more information can be found at www.facebook.com/