MainVue Homes, a company deeply rooted in the art of giving back, is donating the proceeds from the sale of one of their homes to Seattle Children’s Research Institute.
The home will be built at the Estates at Sugarloaf Mountain in Ravensdale. A model of the home is available to view and tour.
MainVue has been established in the U.S. for four years, but their parent company, Henley Properties Group, has been building homes in Australia for about 25 years.
In that time, the company has donated $25 million to children’s hospitals in Australia, according to Tessa Rowe, spokesperson for MainVue Homes.
This five-bedroom, six-bath home will be the first charity home for MainVue in the United States.
Eve Kopp, spokesperson for Seattle Children’s, said the donation is very unusual because it is 100 percent of the proceeds.
The money will be used to allow new research to make it to the bedsides of the young patients at Children’s faster.
One of those patients, 9-year-old Alexis Douglas, has been a patient at Children’s since she was diagnosed with neuroblastoma at just 2 months old.
Her mother, Jill, told The Reporter in a phone interview at the time of her diagnosis, she had a 10 percent chance of survival. She’s been without treatment for seven years and her condition has been stable for that time, although she still has cancer.
Alexis, who lives in Lakewood, underwent chemotherapy at Children’s and has suffered some other ailments as a result, including some hearing loss.
Jill said all of the research that Children’s does, whether it’s about cancer, the effects of chemotherapy, or alternative treatments, has a profound effect on her daughter.
“It’s amazing, in nine years, how much they’ve learned (through research),” Jill said.
Alexis’ grandparents, Stella and Rodger Scott, reside in Black Diamond.
Those that are interested in putting in an offer on the MainVue Charity home, which was appraised for more than $900,000 according to MainVue’s website, can contact Mike Calkins at mike.calkins@mainvuehomes.com.
The model home is available to tour 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday through Monday or by appointment by contacting Jessica Dillman at jessica.dillman@mainvuehomes.com.
