Hank's Cancer Socks: socks Hank designed during chemo, sold at good.store to fund cancer-treatment access (2023)
project history · status: running · last event: milestone (2025-11-28)
Hank's Cancer Socks are eight sock designs that Hank made during chemotherapy. They went on sale in November 2023 to fund cancer care in impoverished communities and raised hundreds of thousands of dollars. In 2025 two of the designs became compression socks.
Parts: Hank asks viewers to buy Hank's Cancer Socks at good.store (2023) · Hank's antique Garfields sent in Cancer Socks orders (2023)
About: Hank's Cancer Socks, chemotherapy
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-11-10 | launched | Hank announces that 100% of the profit from the socks will go towards making cancer treatment more available to more people. | My Final Chemo Secret 00:02:53 |
| 2023-11-17 (happened 2023-11) | launched | Hank recalls announcing last week (week of 6 November 2023) the socks he designed during chemo, now on sale so more people can get cancer treatment. → refers to My Final Chemo Secret | WHAT AM I DOING 00:00:44 |
| 2023-11-28 | milestone | John says the socks' profit, which goes to cancer care access, is looking like it will reach several hundred thousand dollars. (hedged) | John's (Mostly Book) Holiday Gift Recommendations 00:01:27 |
| 2023-12-08 | looked back | Hank recalls designing socks while feeling like garbage on chemo, one of the only creative things he could do; friends picked their top eight. | Did Natural Cancer Treatments Save My Life? 00:05:15 |
| 2024-01-16 | milestone | Beyond the Sierra Leone maternal and child care project, Hank's Cancer Socks raised over $350,000 this year (2024) to support better cancer care in impoverished communities. | The Bank of Nerdfighteria 00:01:43 |
| 2024-05-10 | looked back | Hank gives Pete the cancer socks he designed during chemo and thanks him for the pin; Pete notes he also got a Garfield and is not leaving empty-handed. | Three Whole Onions with Secretary Pete Buttigieg 00:25:42 |
| 2024-05-21 | looked back | John says Hank's cancer socks could not have succeeded without Hank talking about his cancer, and raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for better cancer care in impoverished communities: a benefit worth the cost. | Getting Personal about Getting Personal 00:04:15 |
| 2025-08-05 | looked back | Hank, who nearly failed to get his art minor, says his art classes helped him design the socks he made during chemo, but the credential itself did not. | ONE TAKE JOHNNY 00:08:29 |
| 2025-11-24 | milestone | Hank announces compression socks made from two of his Cancer Socks designs with Vim & Vigr, a compression-legwear company run by a Missoula friend; he wore them after hurting his ankle, and they launched today. | Good Store Holiday Gift Guide LIVE with Hank and John 00:05:34 |
| 2025-11-28 | milestone | Hank's cancer socks have been repurposed into compression socks with Vim & Vigr, a Missoula company he has long known; it is their first product together. | Three Things! (Wait, no, actually four...) 00:02:23 |
What is said about it
18 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2023-11-10 · My Final Chemo Secret — announcement: The description says there is one final secret, which buyers find only by getting the socks. — video description
- 2023-11-10 · My Final Chemo Secret — ask: John's comment, teasing Hank as bad at pinned comments, urges viewers to get the socks as gifts to make cancer treatment more available. — creator comment
- 2023-11-10 · My Final Chemo Secret — announcement: John's comment corrects a viewer: $80 buys eight pairs, and four pairs cost about $45. (hedged) — creator comment
- 2023-11-10 · My Final Chemo Secret — Hank says making things during treatment was very hard, but he found he could design socks: one shape and line at a time, a task he could leave, fall asleep on and resume. — 00:01:05
- 2023-11-10 · My Final Chemo Secret — Hank says his first obsession was wanting more socks that are just patterns: weird, fun, interesting patterns. — 00:01:34
- 2023-11-10 · My Final Chemo Secret — Hank says his second obsession was giving every pair the same color palette, so unmatched socks would still match and he could mix and match. — 00:01:42
- 2023-11-10 · My Final Chemo Secret — Hank says his third obsession was that the socks could help other people who felt as bad as he did then. — 00:01:56
- 2023-11-10 · My Final Chemo Secret — announcement: Hank says part of the money will go to the very hospital in Rwanda where the child from John's video was treated. — 00:03:01
- 2023-11-10 · My Final Chemo Secret — announcement: Hank says his cancer socks come in two styles, morning and evening, though he can't really say why each has its vibe. — 00:03:06
- 2023-11-10 · My Final Chemo Secret — announcement: Hank says the socks come in three sizes, more than the Awesome Socks Club offers, so people with little feet are served. — 00:03:22
- 2023-11-10 · My Final Chemo Secret — announcement: Hank says he hid a pelican on every sock, and all are designed by him. (playful) — 00:03:40
- 2023-11-10 · My Final Chemo Secret — ask: Hank: Calling the socks an excellent gift, Hank asks viewers to get them at good.store, via the description link, or by googling Hank's Cancer Socks. — 00:03:51
- 2023-11-10 · My Final Chemo Secret — announcement: Hank jokes that early orders might get one of his antique Garfields in the box, and a very small chance of an Odie. (joke) — 00:04:06
- 2023-11-28 · John's (Mostly Book) Holiday Gift Recommendations — ask: John's first non-book recommendation is Hank's Cancer Socks: great designs, super comfortable, with 100% of the profit going to expand access to cancer care worldwide. — 00:00:58
- 2023-12-08 · Did Natural Cancer Treatments Save My Life? — announcement: Hank says the socks share one colour scheme so they can be mixed and matched, and 100% of the profit goes to increasing access to cancer treatment. — 00:05:28
- 2025-11-24 · Good Store Holiday Gift Guide LIVE with Hank and John — Hank says the new cancer compression socks are even more useful for people who may be undergoing cancer treatment. — 00:12:20
- 2025-11-28 · Three Things! (Wait, no, actually four...) — announcement: Hank: As this year's (2025) cancer product, the compression socks' money helps people who would not normally have access to cancer care get it. — 00:02:23
- 2025-11-28 · Three Things! (Wait, no, actually four...) — Hank recently injured his ankle and has been enjoying the compression socks' extra support. — 00:02:23