"Sometimes I feel so alone, but when I stay at Family House, all that goes away." Loretta McAllister, a recent Family House guest, shared this with us one early afternoon as she returned from radiation treatments at UNC Hospitals. Diagnosed with squamous cell skin carcinoma in February, this… Read More

It’s tough to imagine Chapel Hill without the warm presence of Family House. A decade ago this month, our grand opening was just on the horizon. Director of House Operations Janice Ross remembers that time well, working around-the-clock with builders toward a Certificate of Occupancy. … Read More

SECU Family House is fortunate that many local businesses have chosen to provide meals on a regular basis for our guests. Such is the case with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). For the past several years, the local AICPA chapter provides hot breakfasts for hung… Read More

Our expansion is closer to reality as Family House begins the new year! Thanks to a flurry of fundraising activity at the end of 2017, we have raised over $7 million in pledges and payments. We will host a ground breaking in 2018 and will announce the date as soon as we have finalized build… Read More

"We stayed at Family House for seven weeks.  It’s what got us through the whole ordeal,”  Linda Galante, mother of former Family House patient, Paul Galante, of Greenville, North Carolina. Details of Paul’s long illness and consequent passing nearly eight years… Read More

The Share the House capital campaign stands at over $6,250,000, with even more exciting news to share! A generous group of statewide donors has challenged all donors to match their $350,000 gift. This means that all campaign gifts between now and December 31st will be doubled. We have reache… Read More

Our community met and exceeded the 40-in-40 challenge - raising $114,800 in 40 days, which funds our 40-room House for the month of December. Thank you to the hundreds of people who donated thousands of dollars so Family House guests can be warm and comfortable during the holiday season. Th… Read More

On Sunday afternoons, Dr. Deborah Jones volunteers at the front desk, checking in the arriving guests, answering the phones, and greeting guests with a caring smile. Serving families at Family House seems like a natural fit with her professional life as an accomplished Professor of Psycholog… Read More

"If you take a negative attitude, don't expect to get better."  This is how James Ford of Kenly, North Carolina, felt about being told he had bladder cancer nearly 12 years ago.  Since then he's had a cancerous kidney, ureter and part of his bladder removed to keep recurring tumors… Read More

We all know that life can change in the blink of an eye. Such was the case for Anna Barkovskya, a visiting scholar/graduate student from the University of Trondheim in Norway.  Anna had plans to spend three months working in a lab at UNC's Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, with th… Read More