Our guests are regularly entertained by live performances from violinists, cellists, guitarists, singers and more, thanks in large part to the efforts of our long-time volunteer Entertainment Coordinator, George Spencer. One of our regular performers is Eric Thomas. Adept at playing the aco… 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

Our 40 rooms are in constant use, and we replace furnishings, mattresses and fixtures on a regular basis using funds from a designated replacement reserve. We survey guests and learn from our housekeeping staff and volunteers how we can best improve guest comfort. This summer we started a m… Read More

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue Cross NC) has awarded a $250,000 grant toward the Family House expansion campaign. "Our longtime community partner Blue Cross NC understands the many factors that impact health, including the fact that patients and their loved ones need a s… Read More

Guests and volunteers share meals, companionship, and sometimes, a creative spirit. Over several weeks while she recovered from a double lung transplant, guest Liz Mosely learned to quilt from long-time Family House volunteer, Jean Fetterman, master quilter and proud owner of Willie, one of … Read More

Martha Aldridge joined us last month as our Director of Development after working part-time for several months on our Share the House campaign fundraising team. Martha spent the past ten years in wealth management as a financial advisor. Prior to that, she worked as a development director… Read More

We’d like to thank the staff at 4 Anderson North, the Surgery Services Department at UNC Hospitals, for recently preparing a nourishing breakfast for our guests.  Led by nurse Agnes Royal, they arrived at 7 a.m. to start cooking and then an hour later, our guests were served a hot… 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

We’d like to extend a warm welcome to the newest members of our staff:  Vennie Greene, Claudette Whitted and Claire Veazey.  Vennie was hired to work as a regular Weekend House Manager.  Hailing from the Bronx, New York, she previously worked in the mental health field … Read More

Amy is a fighter and does not take “No” for an answer.  Seven years ago this retired Navy veteran was experiencing problems with her breathing.  She went to the VA Hospital near her home in Taylorsville, North Carolina. After several tests were done, she was eventually … Read More