Ivan Auyeung decided to raise funds for lung cancer research after his father passed away earlier this year. When his family learned his diagnosis, they were told he had only 5 years left to live – yet that was cut down to an even shorter 9 months.
“My goal was to help a small part of a much bigger problem in our world and hope that this can be used to help patients and their families who are currently undergoing the same struggle my father and my family did less than a year ago.”
Ivan engaged the volleyball community by selling custom board shorts (named “IE Reverse Blossom”). He worked with Slunks, a company that sells board/volleyball shorts that are a big niche in the men’s volleyball community. With his platform on Instagram, @slunks.IE, as well as at his volleyball club, Houston Volleyball Academy, he was able to not only raise awareness but sell 194 pairs of shorts to raise $7,800!
Special thanks to Ivan, his family, his designer, @southshorecreatives on Instagram, and the administrators at the Houston Volleyball Academy!
