Nominations for the 2015 Volunteer of the Year will be accepted starting February 1, 2016. Please let us know of a person or group who exhibits outstanding commitment to the SECU Family House community, as demonstrated through their commitment of time, willingness to give extra effort to the… Read More

The State Employees Credit Union (SECU) announced a new fund to support SECU members who stay at SECU Family House in Chapel Hill during treatment at UNC Hospitals. The People Helping People Fund honors Jean and Jim Blaine. Jim is the former President of SECU … Read More

The SECU Family House at UNC Hospitals is planning an expansion from 40 to 75 rooms, and the member-funded State Employees' Credit Union (SECU) Foundation has issued a $2M challenge grant to motivate statewide donations to the $8M building campaign. Family House is located near UNC Hospital… Read More

This month we welcome four remarkable individuals to our board. Yomi Adigun, Ph.D., is an investment manager on the Public Securities team with DUMAC, Inc., an investment organization controlled by Duke University.  Kevin FitzGerald is a recent retiree who most recently worked as th… Read More

The CarolinaEast Foundation has awarded $10,000 to the annual operating fund at SECU Family House to assist patients and families from the CarolinaEast Health System’s service area: Craven, Jones, Pamlico, Carteret and Onslow Counties. Nearly 1,700 guests have stayed at Family Hosue fr… Read More

SECU Family House at UNC Hospitals has launched the public phase of our expansion campaign by announcing we have reached the ground breaking goal of $6.1M, which is 75% of the $8M campaign goal. The Share the House Capital Campaign will nearly double the size of Family House from 40 to 75 ro… Read More

Janice McAdams, a development professional with more than 16 years of fundraising experience, has been named executive director of SECU Family House at UNC Hospitals, a Chapel Hill nonprofit that provides an affordable, safe, nurturing home away from home for seriously ill adult patient… Read More

We sat down with our three tireless Capital Campaign co-chairs—Becky and Bob Woodruff and Maureen O’Connor—to learn what about Family House inspires them.  Becky and Bob Woodruff (left) name SECU Family House, among all the organizations they’ve been involved wi… Read More

Ralph Layton hasn't been in the best of health the past thirteen years. Twelve years ago, he was diagnosed with a hernia. Seven years ago, he had six stents placed in his heart to increase the blood flow. Last summer, this soft-spoken gentleman, hailing from Smithfield, North Carolina, had q… Read More

Nominations for the Annual SECU Family House Volunteer of the Year Award are officially open! As you know, volunteers play a critical role in supporting Family House guests. Volunteers cook, clean, organize, entertain, handle laundry and groceries, staff the Front Desk and more—all wit… Read More