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Attendees are front row from left: Andrew Cooke-LCFH Foundation, Laurie Bystrom Pres. & CEO of LCFH, Jim Barber-SECU Foundation Chair, Clay Hughes-VP SECU Shallotte; back row from left: Milton Coleman-Shallotte Advisory Board Member, Mark Twisdale-Exec. Director SECU Foundation, Stuart Hudson-SVP SECU Wilmington, and Scott Milligan-Shallotte Advisory Board Chair.
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A commitment of $1 million has been granted by State Employees’ Credit Union (SECU) members, through the SECU Foundation, to the Closer to Home Hospice House (CHHH) Campaign for an inpatient hospice facility in Brunswick County. This donation represents the largest gift to date for the CHHH Campaign, which will help construct a seven-bed facility in Bolivia, N.C. to be named SECU Hospice House, in honor of Credit Union members.
“We are overjoyed at the news and are thrilled to receive such a wonderful gift from the members of SECU,” said Sibyl and W.J. McLamb, chairs of the Closer to Home Capital Campaign. “A donation of this magnitude demonstrates the need our community has for the inpatient hospice facility.”
“My heartfelt thanks to SECU’s local Brunswick County Advisory Board for their support of CHHH and to the SECU Foundation and its members for this generous gift. Their commitment to our community will help us in our plans to successfully serve neighbors ‘closer to home,” added Cindy Cheatham, Development Manager for Lower Cape Fear Hospice and LifeCareCenter (LCFH&LCC).
Jim Barber, SECU Foundation Chair and Brunswick County resident stated, “The SECU Foundation is pleased to partner with LCFH&LCC to fill the obvious need for this facility in the Brunswick area. Many SECU members and member families have benefited from hospice care and this project certainly aligns with the goals of the SECU Foundation.”