ABOUT STOP!
STOP! Children’s Cancer of Palm Beach County, Inc. is a tax-exempt, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization, dedicated to raising money to fund research for pediatric oncology.
Until 1990, the donations supported research, medicines and laboratory equipment at Shands Children’s Hospital in Gainesville, Florida. Later that year, an endowment was created to sustain the ongoing annual efforts at Shands, to include a team of doctors and fellows dedicated to finding a cure.
In the early 2000s, Miami Children’s Hospital, St. Mary's Medical Center, The Nicklaus Children’s Health Care Foundation and the Nicklaus Children’s Hospital approached STOP! for financial consideration on specific oncology projects. With careful reflection, STOP! identified the needs and expanded their funding to also support these organizations.
Current STOP! Officers and Board Members
Officers
Chrissy Colton
President
Carmella Wyatt
Vice President
Claudine Porikos
Secretary
Claudia Dober
Treasurer
Board Members
Colleen Bracci
Tracy Christian
Chrissy Colton
Delores Colton
Lucy Crowley
Carrie Deitz
Mary Lou Desmond
Claudia Dober
Jane Dudan
Lisa Edwards
Kristen Gaeta
Tana Gaskill
Kelly Kennerly
Karina Kuzubova
Andrea Leyland
Danielle Mahoney
Barbara Nicklaus
Nan O'Leary
Vicki Peaper
Claudine Porikos
Paige Seabridge
Fran Smith
Katie Stalcup
Lynn Surovek
Lynn Telling
Cyndie Wolf
Carmella Wyatt
Penny Zarcadoolas
STOP! Children's Cancer Founders
The Dober Family
STOP! was inspired by a brave family who built a positive future out of a devastating loss. In 1983, Dr. and Mrs. Stanley Dober held a charity tennis tournament in West Palm Beach, Florida, to honor the memory of their daughter Nancie Dober, who lost her 3-year battle with osteogenic sarcoma at the age of 15. The funds raised from this event were sent to the University of Florida in Gainesville where Nancie had been undergoing cancer treatments. This event was the first of many fundraisers sponsored by STOP! to benefit pediatric cancer research. The Dober family remains active with STOP! Children’s Cancer today.
OUR HISTORY
