Our Founders • Two generations of community care
A legacy of care, carried forward.
Eliza’s House grew from Bonnie Bell’s commitment to advocacy, healing, and practical support—and continues through NaTacha Graham’s leadership, service, and belief in community-led change.
The legacy
They turned personal commitment into a place where community can heal.
Their shared work reflects a simple truth: care becomes transformative when it is local, relational, and sustained. That spirit continues to shape every program, gathering, partnership, and act of welcome at Eliza’s House.
- Advocacy in action Connecting people with education, resources, and meaningful support.
- Care across generations Honoring lived wisdom while creating new possibilities for the future.
- Community first Building through relationships, trust, dignity, and shared responsibility.
The women behind the work
Leadership shaped by service, family, and lived experience.
Bonnie Bell and NaTacha Graham bring distinct experiences to one shared purpose: creating practical, compassionate pathways for people and families to heal, connect, and thrive.
Founder • Advocate • Community builder
Founder & community advocate
Bonnie Bell
Bonnie Bell was born in Martinsburg, West Virginia, and raised in Kearneysville. She and her husband, Eric, have been married for more than 30 years and raised four children together.
In 2008, Bonnie and seven other women founded Sisters United Inc., an effort that later evolved into Eliza’s House. Her vision grew from a commitment to cancer awareness, education, advocacy, and meaningful support for individuals and families affected by cancer. That same spirit of practical care and community connection continues to guide Eliza’s House today.
- Roots
- Martinsburg and Kearneysville, West Virginia
- Founding path
- Sisters United Inc., established in 2008
- Commitment
- Awareness, education, advocacy, and family support
Veteran • Healthcare professional • Community leader
Legacy bearer & community leader
NaTacha Graham
NaTacha Graham lives in Wetumpka, Alabama, with her husband of more than two decades, where they raised two children. From 1995 to 2002, she served in the U.S. Army as a medical specialist and later earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Cameron University.
Alongside her full-time work in the medical field with the American Urological Association, NaTacha joined her mother’s work through board service with the Breast and Body Health nonprofit and as co-owner of Breast and Body Health Boutique. Her service, professional experience, and commitment to family carry the founding legacy into the next generation.
- Service
- U.S. Army medical specialist, 1995–2002
- Education
- Bachelor’s in business administration
- Leadership
- Healthcare, nonprofit service, and entrepreneurship
A shared foundation
Their individual paths meet in a shared commitment to dignity, responsive care, and stronger community connection.
The founding journey
What began as a circle of women became a wider community of care.
Eliza’s House grew through listening, organizing, and responding to what people and families needed most. Its history is a story of service expanding without losing the relationships at its center.
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The beginning
Listening and responding
The founding work began with care for people and families navigating cancer and the challenges surrounding it.
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2008
Sisters United Inc.
Bonnie Bell and seven other women organized around awareness, education, advocacy, and meaningful community support.
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Growing the vision
From support to holistic care
The work evolved into Eliza’s House and expanded toward the connected emotional, practical, creative, and systemic needs people experience.
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Today
A community-centered home
Programs, gathering spaces, advocacy, and relationships now work together to support healing, belonging, and possibility.
Legacy in practice
The founding vision still shows up in the everyday.
The legacy of Eliza’s House is not only found in its history. It lives in how people are welcomed, how needs are understood, and how community members are invited to shape solutions together.
- Welcome Meet people with dignity and without judgment.
- Respond Connect care to the realities people are facing.
- Build together Create lasting change through relationship and participation.
Continue the story
The next chapter is built by everyone who chooses to care.
The founding legacy becomes stronger when people understand the mission, engage with the work, and bring their own gifts into the community.
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Join a community committed to healing, advocacy, and meaningful change.Honor and place
Our story also includes gratitude for the people, histories, and land that make this work possible.
