March 4, 2017

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to leave many people and restaurants in the community struggling to find meals or make ends meet, one local resident has devised a way to turn what had previously been a hobby into a charitable endeavor focused on attacking that issue. Carrie Brogren started the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Foodies Facebook group […]

The Ronald McDonald House’s mission is to care and provide shelter for families in the days and months their children spend in local hospitals. The house in Chapel Hill has been serving families seeking care at UNC hospitals since 1988 but, as the coronavirus pandemic sweeps the nation, the nonprofit has undergone big changes to […]

Want to win 2 VIP tickets to A Tasteful Affair on October 6th, featuring two dozen of the Triangle’s best restaurants while supporting the Ronald McDonald House of Chapel Hill? Like and comment on this video by September 29th and one participant will randomly be chosen to receive 2 VIP tickets! VIPs get first dibs […]

Approximately 400 guests attended the 28th annual “A Tasteful Affair” at Kenan Stadium’s Blue Zone, and the 22 local food and beverage establishments that contributed helped to make the event a rousing success that raised $107,000 for the Ronald McDonald House of Chapel Hill. The evening was more than a showcase for local food and […]

Two children were rescued by community members in May after falling into pools in Orange County. The emergencies, which happened in Hillsborough and Chapel Hill, occurred within a week of each other and almost ended in tragedy. The first incident happened on May 12. A 4-year-old boy named Parker was found unresponsive in the community […]

Thursday was DEAH DAY, or Directing Efforts And Honoring Deah And Yusor, an annual day of service established by UNC Dental Students. Dental students took off classes and clinics to do several types of service around the community to honor the memory of Deah Barakat and Yusor Abu-Salha. Dean of the School of Dentistry Scott […]

Ethan Stone was born at 36 weeks on April 4, 2015 in Wilmington, North Carolina. And his mother, Jerianne, would receive her first mother’s day gift at the Ronald McDonald House of Chapel Hill just one month later. “I got lucky, Ethan’s birthstone is a diamond.” Ethan has a G tube, a tracheostomy tube, a […]

The day Maddox Carter was born started out like any normal day. On August, 27 2010, Monique, Maddox’s mom, worked half a day and met her husband, Sean, at the hospital in Greensboro, North Carolina for a planned c-section. But the day ended unlike any other, when Maddox was transferred to UNC Children’s for emergency […]

Every day, Doug Thompson wakes up long before the sun rises and drives 105 miles to work near Fayetteville, NC.  Meanwhile, Doug’s family sleeps comfortably in their two-bedroom apartment at the Ronald McDonald House of Chapel Hill. They’re here because UNC Children’s Hospital is less than two miles away from the House. For Reece, fondly […]

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