WHIPPING CHILDHOOD CANCER INC.
ORLANDO, FLORIDA

Whipping Childhood Cancer was founded in September 2014. We are a non-profit Organization recognized as exempt under Section 501(c)(3). Jenny Mena Silviano   (founder) and Candice Genua  (co-founder) met while their children were battling childhood cancer. They always knew they wanted to do something to advocate and be the voice for their children and all the children battling cancer. The movement and challenge was such a success that the decision was made to continue to bring awareness but more importantly to raise funds for much needed underfunded childhood cancer research. Our Organization is formed by Mothers of children battling some form of childhood cancer, We are ready to "whip childhood cancer out of the globe!" Things did not turn out as Jenny expected and shy of her daughter’s 5th year little Katelyn was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, a form of childhood cancer. Jenny has enjoyed being a stay home mom and taking care of her little daughter regardless of the circumstances. Katelyn has been in remission since June 21, 2014. After Caleb was diagnosed, Candice knew from that day forward she would be a childhood cancer advocate in some way. In August 2014, Whipping Childhood Cancer was just a thought that developed into so much more. Leslie Garrison was born and raised in Daytona Beach, Fl. in 1982. She is 1 of 5 children and has 2 younger brothers and 2 older sisters. She attended a private school as well as was home schooled and received her high school diploma. Relocating to Georgia for 2 years, she had her beautiful daughter Desiree and then moved back to Florida in 2009. She has been in the insurance industry for 12 years and is currently an SIU analyst at a homeowner’s company, Security First Insurance. Leslie and her husband were married and she now has 2 boys, as well as a step-son. Leslie believes that there is definitely a genetic predisposition and is focused on working together to find what it is exactly to end childhood cancer once and for all. Whipping Childhood cancer is here to help find a cure and we won’t stop until we have done all that we can! Our children deserve so much more and raising funds for research as well as raising awareness is our top priority. Eric has practiced law since 1983 in the areas of Business, Foreclosure, Bankruptcy and Social Security Disability. He has been appointed as Attorney Ad Litem by Judges in over 1,500 foreclosure cases over the last 15 years and has filed over 4,500 bankruptcies for business and individuals since 1988.   Eric speaks Spanish fluently. In 2010, she married her best friend, John Kelly, and transitioned her real estate career to the world of general real estate, joining the Keller Williams Advantage office in Oviedo, Florida.  Stacie's talents and abilities now expanded, allowing her to assist people with buying, selling, & investing in existing homes, as well as new construction.  Her real estate team, SBK&Co, is dedicated to meeting & exceeding client’s needs & expectations.  The team's mission statement of "Touching Lives & Building Futures" is a testament for their approach, practices, and success with business & relationships. Continuing training and education are an important facet to Stacie's business.  She has earned and been awarded the following designations:  Certified Luxury Home Marketing Specialist, Certified Distressed Property Expert, Sales and Foreclosure Resource Certification, Master Certified New Homes Sales Professional, Certified Sales Professional, and Certified Marketing Professional. While keeping her business thriving, Stacie and her husband John welcomed their first child, Cole Patrick, in July of 2014.  As parents, their goal is to teach Cole by example, and stay involved with giving back to their community and opportunities to help others. SBK&Co are relationship people, and work hard to have a positive impact and make a difference in any way possible with their family, friends, clients, and colleagues.  Their passion for all things real estate, people, children and pets expanded in 2011, making strides into their community, to give where they live.  They are proud to participate and sponsor local high school sport teams, travel softball teams, Team Isaac & the Down Syndrome Association of Central Florida, Cheering for Caitlin, and Team KK's Annual Toy Drive for Children with Cancer at Arnold Palmer Hospital.  They are humbled and honored to  be  included in the efforts to raise awareness, medical research, and fundraising for Whipping Childhood Cancer.  I married my husband Timothy Scheerer in 2001 who was also on the men’s tour for a short period of time, we lived in Miami FL and moved to Orlando in 2002. We have two beautiful children aged 7 Trevor and age 9 Emily. They are my biggest accomplishments to date. We are living in Lake Nona FL and have an amazing neighborhood and support family. On March 22, 2012, my son Trevor was diagnosed with Alveolar Rhabdomyasarcoma, a very rare sarcoma cancer. He had 55 weeks of chemo, 28 days of radiation and surgery. In August 2013 16 months later he was declared N.E.D, however we started a maintenance chemo regiment which he was on for 1 year. On December 5, 2014 Trevor relapsed and is now fighting for a second time and currently on treatment. I feel very passionate about making a difference and want to fight for a cure, to save my son and to all those fighters and the 43 kids and families that are newly diagnosed every day. Mina has been working in the medical field for the past 18 years, the last 13 of those years in an adult oncology office.  Mina is no stranger to seeing what cancer can do to family members, having both parents battle cancer themselves.  Her father beat prostate cancer almost 11 years ago and her mother is currently battling lymphoma for the 2nd time. Neither of those battles could prepare her for the day she heard the words “your son has cancer”.  On February 28th 2013, her then 3 ½ yr old son, Joshua was diagnosed with Very High Risk Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL).  Although Mina had been around the oncology world for so long, the statistics of childhood cancer shocked her.  It became her passion to not only help her son beat this ugly monster to but to spread Childhood Cancer Awareness.  In June of 2014, after Joshua entered the maintenance phase of treatment, Mina and her husband Jeremy decided to give back to the Childhood Cancer community and started their own non for profit organization.  She is the Executive Director of the Be Brave Foundation, an organization that provides financial assistance to local families battling childhood cancer.