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OCTOBER 2013
FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS
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Learn. Grow. Achieve.
The
Certified Funeral Service Practitioner (CFSP)
designation
reveals to both funeral families and professional peers that you
are driven to be even smarter, more resourceful and more
adaptable than you aready are. Its presence next to your name
creates instant respect and credibility and, ultimately, a business
advantage.
Better still, you may already be doing what it takes to become
certified. If you are a licensed funeral service practitioner, you are
eligible to earn the CFSP designation.
Pursue your path to even greater excellence in funeral service. To find out more and get
started,
call (866) 431-CFSP (2377) or visit
Join us for the
Annual CFSP Recognition
in Austin on
Monday, October 21.
Register a
Show your devotion to your profession —
and let them know you’re the best you can be.
Come see us at the
NFDA Expo in Austin
Join those with a passion to learn, grow and achieve.
100BWFS to honor Legacy
of J. Roberta March
Join the
100 BlackWomen of Funeral
Service
at Booth 1738 on Monday October
20th as they honor the legacy of the late
J.
Roberta March
by wearing pink for cancer
awareness. Celebrate courage, hope and
strength by picking up a
beautiful cancer awareness
scarf for the ladies or a
cancer awareness lapel
ribbon for the men.
A Cancer Awareness
Reception will be held
and 2013 International
Leadership Award
Winners recognized
on Monday evening.
Invitations for the
reception will be
available at the
100BWFS booth.
many more. Owners,
Frank
and
Del Doleman
, have
been supplying the death care industry for over three de-
cades and look forward to helping you and your busi-
ness prosper in the near future. Visit booth #3837 at the
upcoming NFDA Convention in Austin, TX. Ameri-
can Cemetery Supplies staff look forward to meeting and
talking with new and familiar faces.
up to 1000 lbs. A multi task
item which is affordable,
durable and functional, the
cart can be utilized as a cas-
ket transfer device, a show-
PORTSMOUTH,VA—
American Cemetery Supplies
now offers a casket utility cart that folds and is small
enough to be stored in a small closet or behind a door.
The casket utility cart is manufactured from steel and
coated with high performance enamel paint. It is rated
to carry 600 lbs; however with a wheel upgrade can carry
room truck, or for many
other uses within the funeral
home or crematory.
American Cemetery Sup-
plies is a manufacturer and
distributor of cemetery and
funeral supplies. Manu-
facturing the highest qual-
ity products such as tents,
grass, chair covers, drapes
and many other items. They
also distribute many items
such as refrigeration units,
embalming
equipment,
and prayer cards. American
Cemetery Supplies is an ap-
proved distributor for
Ferno,
Frigid, Mipro Sound Systems,
Slaughter Instruments
and
BOOTH #3837
American Cemetery
Supplies Keeping it
Simple
GREENVILLE,SC—
Mor-
tician’s Choice,
the lead-
ing provider of insurance
assignment services will be
featured in booth #842 at
the upcoming
National Fu-
neral Directors Association
meeting in Austin, TX.
Most insurance compa-
nies take, on average, 30
to 90 days to process or
settle life insurance claims.
The longer it takes, the
more it costs your firm be-
cause time is money. The
question is, why wait? Fu-
neral funding provided by
Mortician's Choice is sim-
ple and easy. As leaders in
the funeral funding arena,
they know how to get you
your money fast!
Further, researching, ver-
ifying and filing life insur-
ance assignment claims is
time consuming and costly
to firms and these are ex-
penses that can be avoided.
Through assignment of
life insurance, Mortician’s
Choice assists funeral
homes and cemeteries by
taking the burden of col-
lection off your shoulders.
Mortician’s Choice in-
creases cash flow, reduces
bad debt, administrative
burdens and costs.
BOOTH #842
Morticians Choice Can
Help Increase Cash Flow
2013 CONVENTION PREVIEW
As NFDA’s guests, hospice professionals will have com-
plimentary access to:
• Select educational sessions on burnout in caregivers
and grief and healing following the death of a loved
one – two topics that are very relevant to their interests
• The Expo Hall where they can learn about the newest
products, services and innovations that funeral directors
use every day to create personal and meaningful funeral
and memorial services for the families they serve
• An inspirational keynote presentation,
Building a Bet-
ter You
, by
Bryan Dodge
• A special speaking engagement,
Why Funerals Matter
,
with Dr. Thomas G. Long and Thomas Lynch
The convention will only be open to hospice profession-
als on Wednesday, October 23. More information about at-
tending the NFDA Convention, including details on how
hospice professionals should register, can be found by visit-
ing www.nfda.org/endoflifecare or calling 800-228-6332.
These opportunities are part of a blooming collabora-
tion between NFDA and the
National Hospice and Pal-
liative Care Organization
(NHPCO) to help bring hos-
pice professionals and funeral directors together to work
collaboratively on helping families at the end-of-life.
NFDA Reaching Out to End-of-life
Caregivers During Convention
Two unique opportunities for funeral service to come together with professionals
who support the dying, dead and the bereaved.
Free Webcast with All-star Panel
On Monday, October 21, 1-3 p.m. CT, NFDA will
host a live webcast,
End of Life Care: From One Set of
Caring Arms to Another
. This webcast is an extraordinary
opportunity to hear an all-star panel of experts share im-
portant insights into how hospice professionals, funeral
directors, members of the clergy and grief counselors can
come together to support those at the end of life. Web-
cast participants will learn how each vocation has a spe-
cific role in serving client families and how collaborative
efforts can provide a continuum of care at the end-of-life.
The webcast panelists include:
Robert Friedman
MD,
FAAHPM, Chief Medical Officer at Hospice Austin in
Austin, TX;
Dr. Thomas G. Long
, the Bandy Professor
of Preaching at Candler School of Theology at Emory
University in Atlanta, GA;
Thomas Lynch
, a writer and
funeral director from Milford, MI; and
Dr. Alan Wol-
felt
, an author, educator and grief counselor.
Funeral professionals, hospice workers, members of the
clergy, grief counselors and other caregivers are invited to
view this free webcast by logging on
endoflifecare on October 21.
Hospice Professionals Invited
to Attend NFDA Convention
For the first time ever, NFDA is inviting hospice pro-
fessionals to attend its convention on Wednesday, Oc-
tober 23, as guests. NFDA hopes that hospice caregiv-
ers will walk away with a better understanding of the
value of funerals, memorialization and the unique ex-
pertise that funeral directors provide to the dying, the
dead and the bereaved.