SECU Family House Community Service Project a Success at Annual Convention

Each year SEANC members from all 100 North Carolina counties attend the SEANC Annual Convention in Greensboro and donate to a cause that benefits North Carolinians in need. This year, President Sidney M. Sandy selected the SECU Family House in Chapel Hill as the association’s annual community service project.

As a result of state employees’ and retirees’ generous donations, the house received $4,815 in cash and hundreds of household goods and grocery items, which replenished their pantry and funded the purchase of items to help families with patients receiving care at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill.

The household goods and grocery items collected at the 30th Annual SEANC Convention

“We were honored to be selected as SEANC’s service project this year and thoroughly enjoyed attending the convention,” said Allison Worthy, The SECU Family House’s Volunteer Coordinator. 

With the funds collected at the SEANC convention, family house officials purchased a new washing machine, microwave and recliner, and the remaining money will fund more than 70 nights for patients and their families to stay in the house.

The SECU Family House’s mission statement is to “provide an affordable, safe, nurturing home away from home for seriously ill adult patients, their family members, and caregivers from throughout North Carolina and beyond” while they receive treatment at UNC Hospitals. The family house has served patients and their families statewide and it is funded by grants and generous donations to sustain its services.

SEANC would like to thank all of the members and districts that made this year’s community project a success and the hardworking staff at the SECU Family House for the vital services they provide.  For more information on the house, visit www.secufamilyhouse.org.