Sale of home will aid Children’s Miracle Network

The Children’s Miracle Network held a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday for a Miracle Home, which is expected to raise around $250,000 for local hospitals and programs.

Mayor Dennis Hession, executives of the local hospitals, Inland Northwest Health Services chief executive officer Tom Fritz and chief operating officer Nancy Vorhees were on hand to help christen the site of a major fundraiser for the charity.

The home, valued at $347,000 at this time, will be sold during the Fall Festival of Homes in late September, and 100 percent of the proceeds will benefit the 12 hospitals and programs that are part of the network.

The value of the home could rise, depending upon changes and upgrades to the home through the construction phase of the project.

Kirsten Carlile, the director of the Children’s Miracle Network, said the funds will benefit many children through education, research and lifesaving equipment.

Located in the Eagle Ridge development on the corner of Highpeak Street and Laurel Crest Street, the home will be a 1,570-square-foot rancher with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a three-car garage, an unfinished basement and full landscaping.

The land, a $70,000 lot, was donated by Newland Communities, which owns the Eagle Ridge development.

This is the first time the network has built a house as a fundraiser in the Spokane area. CMN has built a house in Phoenix, which was raffled off, and one in Florida, which was sold at auction. Windermere Real Estate will sell the house at no charge.

There aren’t too many opportunities for volunteering at the Miracle Home.

“We want paid professionals to man the project,” Carlile said.

Newland Communities brought the project to the attention of Condron Homes, which will donate approximately 250 hours of management, labor and carpentry to the house

“We’re really happy to be a part of this,” Corey Condron, owner of Condron Homes said. He said that his company’s goal is to finish the house by Aug. 31, or in early September, just in time for the Festival of Homes.

The house will be built almost entirely with donated materials and labor. Condron said the various subcontractors and suppliers will donate the materials.

To help offset additional costs, community members may purchase personalized etched pavers that will be placed in the Fellowship Patio in the Eagle Ridge Whispering Pines Park. Each paver will range in price from $125 to $525.