Thank you to all our RE/MAX Miracle Agents!
August marks the 10th annual RE/MAX #MonthofMiracles and we’re excited to celebrate the amazing work being done by RE/MAX Miracle Agents and Offices for Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters in Norfolk, Virginia.
Since 1992, RE/MAX has supported Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals, raising more than $170 million for hospitals just like ours.
These funds are critical and help kids like Ayana Johnson, who was just a baby when she made her first visit to Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center at CHKD to be treated for sickle cell disease, a genetic blood disorder. The treatments she receives at CHKD help prevent infection, strokes, and anemia, and also reduce the number of pain crises that are common with the disease. When she does have pain, there are medications that provide relief, and Coco, a tiny, soft bear she received at CHKD on one of her earliest visits.
Now 15 years old, Ayana is an honor student, violinist, dancer, and advocate for sickle cell awareness. The comfort she received from her bear Coco was the inspiration behind a project Ayana began in 2019:
Making pillows called Ayana’s Hope Cells for sickle cell patients to hug during pain episodes. “I want sickle cell patients to have hope and not think about being sick,” says Ayana, who lives in Suffolk. “Because I really believe there’s going to be a cure soon for people with all types of sickle cell disease.”
The Miracle Home & Miracle Property Program allows RE/MAX Miracle Agents to make a donation on behalf of their clients after each closed transaction. We’d like to thank a few of our Miracle Agents that have helped us this year: Rick Brandt, Kelsey Derby, Stephen Doll, Shannon Edwards, Jackie Ellis Dunbar, Kathy Elliott, Trudy Hoff, Rodney Huskey, Ralph Immello, Crystal Jacques, Deborah Kelly, Susan Kozlowski, Janka Matlonova-Muralles, Allison Mazzuca, Bob Smith, and Deanna Wilson.
We’re grateful for their continued support and want to wish them all a happy #MonthofMiracles!