Linda Berry Brewington believes that SECU Family House was built just for her. “I feel God opened this place, just in time, just for me.” While she knows that the House was built for others like her across the state and country too, she feels a personal connection to the mission of the House. With [...]
On March 31st, Family House opened to its first guests, a mother and daughter who had waited patiently in the SECU Family House parking lot since 6:00 a.m. Alinda, the mom, and Stacy, her older daughter, had been on a long journey since February—from Hanford, California—when Alinda’s younger daughter, Tracy, was critically burned in a [...]
Dana McMahan’s business philosophy at The Laughing Turtle in Chapel Hill is to give back to the community—and in her case, in spades. Three years ago, The Laughing Turtle and Dana, the owner, took on the daunting job of decorating the interior of SECU Family House—all 33,000 square feet of it: the equivalent of 12 [...]
This is a series from UNC Health Care that focuses on the stories of UNC Hospitals patients and their families who live in the SECU Family House at UNC Hospitals while receiving or awaiting treatment.
Read the Family House Diaries. There is a new one posted at least every two months.