RE/MAX Miracle Agents: Cliff King motivated by daughter’s legacy
It’s the Month of Miracles! RE/MAX agents are working hard all year to sell Miracle Homes, making a donation to kids in need at Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals with every closed transaction. But what are these agent’s stories? Stay tuned for our Month of Miracles Miniseries of inspiring RE/MAX agents.
Cliff King is raising funds for Children’s Hospital Foundation of Manitoba in Winnipeg, British Columbia, in honor of his daughter's legacy.
When Winnipeg agent Cliff King joined RE/MAX, he immediately jumped aboard the company’s involvement with Children’s Miracle Network in Canada. Little did Cliff know that just months later those Miracle Homes he was selling would be helping to support the medical needs of his own daughter.
Kelsey, left, made fantastic relationships with caregivers at Children's Miracle Network hospitals.
At age 16, Cliff’s daughter Kelsey was diagnosed with osteogenic sarcoma and spent many weeks at her local Children’s Miracle Network hospitals, Children’s Hospital Foundation of Manitoba in Winnipeg, British Columbia and the B.C. Children’s Hospital Foundation. The caregivers in the Winnipeg CK5 ward soon became like a second family to the Kings. For the next 2.5 years, Kelsey underwent chemotherapy, radiation, blood transfusions and surgeries to try and defeat the cancer and prolong her life until she succumbed to the disease at home just one day prior to her 19th birthday.
Since his daughter passed away, Cliff has dedicated his free time to volunteering at the Children’s Miracle Network Radiothon every year and raising funds for Children’s Hospital Foundation of Manitoba in honor of Kelsey. Even his son Scott, also now a RE/MAX realtor, has joined his dad in manning the phones.
The funds that RE/MAX agents like Cliff raise each year through the Miracle Homes program is critical to provide needed pediatric care for sick and injured kids in your community, neighborhood and even family. Thank you to Cliff and our friends at RE/MAX for your dedicated support!