5,000 people. $5 a month.
Real help for kids fighting cancer.
Imagine what we could do together. We’re recruiting 5,000 people to donate $5 a month, with every dollar going straight to childhood cancer families through the Koenig Childhood Cancer Foundation.
$5 doesn’t sound like much. But the math does.
Most of us spend $5 without thinking. A coffee. Half a sandwich. A song we hit skip on. What if 5,000 of us pointed that same $5 in one direction, every month?
That’s groceries, gas, hotel stays during treatment, lost wages, and the everyday expenses that don’t pause when a child has cancer. 100% goes to families.
Real costs. Real families.
Childhood cancer brings a tsunami of bills: medical treatments insurance won’t touch, travel to specialty hospitals, rent and mortgage payments while a parent stops working to be at the bedside. Your $5 a month pools with thousands of others, and KCCF pays creditors and service providers directly so the help lands exactly where it needs to.
Medical bills and treatments
Co-pays, medications, and treatments that insurance won’t cover. The bills hit hardest where families have the least margin.
Rent and mortgage
The bills don’t pause when a child has cancer. Keeping a roof over the family during long treatment.
Travel and lodging
Gas, parking, flights, hotels. Pediatric cancer centers are often hours or states away from home.
Pick any amount. $5 a month or more.
Cancel anytime. Tax-deductible. Donations go directly to KCCF.
Heads up: Zeffy will offer to add an optional tip to support their platform. The tip is fully optional. If you want 100% of your donation to reach KCCF, choose “Other” in the tip selector and type 0 to bypass it.
Meet KCCF.
Founded by an 11-year-old cancer survivor. Backed by Charity Navigator. Built to put money directly into the hands of families fighting childhood cancer.
Started with $900 from a piggy bank.
The Koenig Childhood Cancer Foundation was started in 2020 by Elana Koenig, an 11-year-old childhood cancer survivor. She had lived the financial chaos a cancer diagnosis brings to a family, and she wanted to help others through it. She started with $900 from her own piggy bank.
Five years later, KCCF has supported 4,200+ families, delivered 105,000+ care packages to hospitalized children, and run hospital celebrations and summer camp programs for kids in treatment. They’ve been featured on The Kelly Clarkson Show, in People Magazine, and honored by Nasdaq at the closing bell.
Visit thekccf.org →Every dollar is traced and protected.
KCCF doesn’t hand out cash. Family Aid follows a three-step approval process and pays creditors directly.
Family applies
The family completes the parent portion of the Family Aid application.
Social worker verifies
The family’s social worker receives the application and completes their verification portion.
KCCF board reviews and decides
The KCCF board reviews the verified application and approves the aid. Funds are then paid directly to creditors or service providers.
No applications are reviewed until both the parent and social worker portions are fully complete. This is how KCCF makes sure every donated dollar lands on a real, verified need.
A small business with a big soft spot.
We’re Paul and Joey Day, the husbands behind WiggleMail. WiggleMail is our small business: we make cute 3D-printed creatures, dragons, pixies, turtles, all the wiggly ones, and sell them through TikTok live auctions at @WiggleMail. We’re proud supporters of KCCF and we donate a portion of our proceeds to them throughout the year.
But selling creatures only reaches the people who show up to a live show and bid. The $5 Mission is for everyone else. It’s a separate fundraising channel we organized so anyone, even people who’ll never bid on an auction, can support KCCF directly. Your $5 a month goes straight from you to KCCF through Zeffy. WiggleMail doesn’t touch it, and we don’t take a cut.
If you can spare $5, you’re in. If you can spare more, even better. Either way, your gift lands with kids fighting cancer.
Made with love. Used for good.
Every print, every show, every dollar lives inside one mission: help kids fight cancer.
Quick answers.
Everything to know about The $5 WiggleMail Mission, KCCF, and where your money actually goes.
Where does my $5 a month actually go?
Your donation goes directly to the Koenig Childhood Cancer Foundation (KCCF), a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 84-4892279). WiggleMail does not touch the donation. Your money flows from you, through Zeffy, to KCCF. KCCF then uses Family Aid to cover medical bills, treatments insurance won’t cover, rent and mortgage payments, travel costs for care, and other expenses verified by the family’s social worker and approved by the KCCF board.
Is my donation tax-deductible?
Yes. KCCF is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 84-4892279). KCCF will send you a tax receipt for your donation.
How does KCCF decide who gets help?
Family Aid follows a three-step approval process. First, the family applies. Second, the family’s social worker verifies their portion of the application. Third, the KCCF board reviews and decides. Once approved, funds are paid directly to creditors or service providers (hospitals, landlords, utility companies), never to families. This is how KCCF makes sure every donated dollar lands on a real, verified need.
Can I cancel my monthly donation?
Yes, anytime. Your monthly donation is fully flexible. You can cancel, pause, or change the amount whenever you want through Zeffy, the donation platform.
What is Zeffy and why does it ask for a tip?
Zeffy is a free donation platform for nonprofits. They don’t take a cut from your gift to KCCF. Instead, they ask donors to optionally tip Zeffy directly to fund the platform. The tip is fully optional. If you want 100% of your gift to reach KCCF, choose “Other” in the tip selector and type 0 to bypass the tip.
Why $5 a month specifically?
Because $5 is small enough that nearly anyone can join, but big enough that when 5,000 of us do it together, it changes lives. $5 times 5,000 supporters equals $25,000 every month, $300,000 a year, going straight to families battling childhood cancer.
Can I give more than $5 a month?
Absolutely. $5 a month is our suggested minimum so anyone can join. Larger monthly donations and one-time gifts of any size are warmly welcomed and reach KCCF the same way.
What is the Koenig Childhood Cancer Foundation?
KCCF is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN 84-4892279) that supports families through the financial weight of childhood cancer. It was started in 2020 by Elana Koenig, an 11-year-old childhood cancer survivor, with $900 from her piggy bank. KCCF has since supported 4,200+ families, delivered 105,000+ care packages to hospitalized children, and runs a summer camp program for kids in treatment. KCCF holds a Charity Navigator 4-star rating and Candid Platinum Transparency 2025. Learn more at thekccf.org.
Why is WiggleMail running this fundraiser?
WiggleMail is the small business Paul Day and his husband Joey Day run, selling 3D-printed creatures through TikTok live auctions at @WiggleMail. They’ve built a community on TikTok that cares about supporting kids with cancer, so they organized The $5 Mission as a direct path for that community to give to KCCF. Donations on this page go straight from supporters to KCCF, separate from the WiggleMail business.
Will I get a 3D-printed creature for donating?
No. The $5 Mission donation is a pure charitable gift to KCCF with no physical reward attached. The 3D-printed creatures are sold and given away during the WiggleMail TikTok live auctions at @WiggleMail. That’s the WiggleMail business side. The Mission and the business are two separate things.
Ready to be #1 of 5,000?
Five bucks a month. Cancel anytime. 100% goes to families. Let’s go.
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