Ian the Cancer Wrangler

12/19/2025

🎅📰 HOT OFF THE NORTH POLE PRESS! 🧝‍♀️✨
Santa’s elves have finished counting, and the final tally from Ian’s Giving of Hope Drive is in!

💙 Potential Impact from Ian’s Giving of Hope Drive

🩸 17 Whole Blood donations

👉 Each whole blood donation can help up to 3 people
👉 17 × 3 = up to 51 people helped

🩸 4 Double Red donations

👉 Each Double Red donation collects 2 units of red blood cells, helping up to 6 people
👉 4 × 6 = up to 24 people helped

🌟 Total Potential Impact:

✨ Up to 75 lives helped because of this drive.
That’s 75 patients, 75 families, and 75 reasons for hope — all because this community showed up with open hearts and giving hands. ❤️🎁

12/17/2025

🎉 Alright, TODAY’S the day!!! 🎉
We are so excited to start getting ready for Ian’s Hope Drive today from 2 PM - 5:50 PM at the Clinton Community YMCA, featuring our Heroes for LIFE Blood Drive with ImpactLife🩸 and Toys for Tots Toy Drive 🧸❤️

The giving spirit is strong, and YOU are showing up in a big way! Here’s where we’re at right now:

🩸 Whole Blood Appointments:
✅ 16 of 24 spots filled — AMAZING!
➡️ 8 slots still available

❤️ Double Red Donations:
✅ 2 of 4 spots filled — so awesome!
➡️ 2 slots still open

✨ Walk-ins are always welcome! ✨

🎄 Special Ian Alert: Ian will be there passing out candy canes, so be sure to look for him when you’re donating blood or dropping off a toy!

From the bottom of our hearts, thank you to everyone helping make Ian’s Hope Drive come together. This community never ceases to amaze us. 💙🛡️

https://login.bloodcenter.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/146374

12/15/2025

🎄🩸🎁 Hey friends and family of Ian the Cancer Wrangler! 🎁🩸🎄

I want to invite you to join us in the gift of giving this Christmas season. The holidays can be especially hard for children and families who are living in the hospital or going through really tough times, times when being home, feeling good, and celebrating isn’t always possible.

My family and I know how blessed we are to be where we are today, and because of that, it’s time for us to give back… with your help. ❤️💚❤️

Whether it’s signing up to donate blood🩸 or bringing a new toy🎁 to help a child smile during a hard season, every act of kindness matters more than you know.

If you’re able to help in any way, please consider joining me. Together, we can bring hope, healing, and a little extra Christmas joy to kids who need it most. ✨🎄💙

https://login.bloodcenter.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/146374

12/14/2025

Oh my goodness… almost exactly two years apart (December 13th and December 11th) Ian finished the chemo portion of his first round if crazy treatments and non protocol.

All of it has been non-protocol, but what makes this time so special is that it was mostly outpatient. This round felt so much lighter, so much more manageable, and we are in such a good place right now. 💙

Looking back, that earlier non-protocol treatment he went through inpatient at St. Jude was so intense that we didn’t even realize it was his last chemo dose at the time. We were too focused on unhooking him from the dreaded high double dose of Thiotepa and Cisplatin, watching for reactions, managing the bathing routines, rashes, burns, bone marrow destruction, and then stem cell rescue, before realizing there would be no more chemo after that.

What were we even thinking?

But Ian made it look easy, handling everything and then some in ways we never could have imagined. I don’t know if we can ever fully express the awe of how strong he was, and still is, to get this far.
God was with him every step of the way, carrying him through it all with a quiet, unknowing grit to fight, endure, and overcome.

12/06/2025

Aunt Elisa finished the 5K down in Memphis for the St. Jude run, and we couldn’t be more proud. 🏃‍♀️💛 She is a true inspiration — pushing herself and inspiring me to do the same.
Next year, we’ll be there right alongside her.
Thank you to everyone who supported her and helped make this happen! ❤️🙏
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12/03/2025

Ian the Cancer Wrangler is back at it and this holiday season, he’s ready to give even MORE! 🎄🤠🩸
While everyone’s wrapping gifts, Ian’s wrapping up another way to give hope. Join us for our holiday blood drive and help spread the kind of cheer that truly saves lives.

📅 Wednesday, December 17th
⏰ 2–6 PM
📍 Clinton Community YMCA
🖱️Sign-up here --> https://login.bloodcenter.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/146374
Let’s make this season brighter, one pint at a time! ❤️🎁🩸

11/29/2025