Live For KWags

04/05/2026

Our premiere fundraiser, Cupcheck Cancer, has now achieved its goal of increasing the number of teams from 12 last year, to 18 this year! We're excited to see continued growth and support for this one of a kind event, meaning more dollars to help fund brain cancer research and support!

It's an Easter Miracle!! 🐇 We've reached our goal of expanding to 18 teams this year!!! Thank you to everyone signed up to play!! We'll be sending out tournament schedule information and other details as we get closer to the end of April.

We need more volunteers if you didn't make it on a team and still would like to be part of this amazing event!

https://runsignup.com/Race/Volunteer/WI/SunPrairie/CupcheckCancerTournament

03/20/2026

Our premier fundraising event, the Cupcheck Cancer Tournament, is quickly filling up. We hope you'll join us this year by either putting a team together to play or volunteering to help us run the event!!

https://runsignup.com/Race/WI/SunPrairie/CupcheckCancerTournament

Volunteer signup
https://runsignup.com/Race/Volunteer/WI/SunPrairie/CupcheckCancerTournament

02/16/2026

Our premiere event of the year, the Cupcheck Cancer tournament, is now open for teams to register for!!!

This event sends money directly to cancer research and support at the UW Neuro Oncology Department at UW Madison.

Come and play some fun indoor pond hockey while raising money for a worthwhile cause!!

Registration for the 2026 Cupcheck Cancer tournament is officially open today!! Head to the Run Signup page and get your team registered!!

Help us raise money for a valuable cause while enjoying the sport of hockey in a one of a kind indoor pond hockey style experience!!

02/04/2026

Today is World Cancer Day – a global reminder that cancer affects millions of people and families worldwide. At Live For KWags, this day reinforces why our work matters.

Since our founding, we've been dedicated to funding brain cancer research through our partnership with UW Neuro-Oncology. Through our annual Cupcheck Cancer hockey tournament and community support, we've steadily increased our contributions to researchers working on treatments and potential cures for brain cancer.

World Cancer Day's theme focuses on closing the care gap and ensuring everyone has access to quality cancer care. While we focus specifically on brain cancer research funding, we're part of a larger community working toward the same goal – a world where cancer is no longer a life-threatening diagnosis.

Every dollar raised, every tournament participant, and every supporter helps advance research that could change outcomes for patients and families facing brain cancer. Our work continues year-round, but today we're reminded that we're not alone in this fight.

02/04/2026

Registration for the 2026 Badger Challenge is officially open today!! Our CEO Cole Simmons is signed up to ride the 25k. We welcome any and all of our supporters to sign up and ride alongside the Live For KWags team and help us continue raising critical funds for cancer research. 100% of participant raised dollars through the Badger Challenge goes directly to the most promising UW cancer initiatives both in the laboratory and clinic setting. Since 2016, Badger Challenge has raised over $3.6 million. Let's help them achieve their goals while doing the same for ours!!!

Join me as I participate in Badger Challenge this September! Together we can help write the story that ends cancer!

09/21/2025

We're proud to be out and supporting the Badger Challenge today!! Such an incredible event. There's still time to contribute as well. Every dollar goes DIRECTLY to research and treatment. We heard stories from people who were treated twenty years ago vs ten years ago and the impact fundraising has had on generating new therapies and treatment that are less invasive with less negative side effects is outstanding.

https://www.givesignup.org/Race/28060/Donate/xshnfayTZHMIHd3a

09/21/2025

Yesterday, we had the privilege of attending the inaugural Badger Challenge Champion Reception. It was an honor to hear the profound stories of patients and survivors. We also got a first hand look at some revolutionary, one of a kind proton treatment machinery at the new UW Health Eastpark Medical Center. We are very proud to be supporters of this amazing event and so lucky that these truly life changing treatments are right in our own backyard.

08/22/2025

What a nice sunset

08/20/2025

Our very own President Cole Simmons is participating in this year's Badger Challenge! He will be doing a 25k bicycle ride in support of the brain cancer research and treatment efforts at the UW-Madison Department of Human Oncology. A fundraiser page has been created. Follow the link below and help us continue raising critical funds for this horrible disease. If you can't give a monetary donation, consider signing up to ride with us!! Our team for the event is called Live For KWags Badger Challenge Fundraiser.

Welcome to our fundraising page! Our group, Live For KWags, is proudly helping accelerate cancer research and patient treatment initiatives forward at the University of Wisconsin through our involvement in the Badger Challenge. Badger Challenge is an annual walking, running, and biking event that po...