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OCTOBER 2013
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National Hospice Foundation Becomes
‘Featured Charity’ on Tributes.com
Valley
Casting
introduces
new Pin
Design:
Four
Candles
MAPLE GROVE,MN—
Valley Casting
intro-
duced its newest design
for the 2013 Remem-
brance Pin Collection:
the
Four Candles Pin
.
This fresh look will help
funeral
professionals
convey words of tribute
and memory.
The Four Candles pin
comes attached to a
bookmark card that has
the story of the heart-
felt meaning behind the
Four Candles. The pin
is a cherished token of
memories at funerals that
can be shared with all as
a way to help express loss
and fond memories. Both
the pin and the card are
made from recycled ma-
terial and designed using
100% solar energy.
This newest design was
created to be simple but
elegant by artists at their
production facility. Lo-
cated in Minnesota, Val-
ley Casting has provid-
ed quality and creativity
to thousands of funeral
homes for over 60 years.
An innovator in the Me-
morial Pin industry, Val-
ley Casting takes great
pride in the commitment
to value, quality, delivery
and originality. Valley
Casting has secure online
695-8260.
ALEXANDRIA,VA—
A new partnership
between the
National Hospice Founda-
tion
and
Tributes.com
provides a sim-
ple way for family members to direct
memorial donations to NHF.
Tributes.com is an online source
for current local and national obitu-
ary news and a supportive community
where family and friends can come to-
gether during times of loss and grieving
to honor the memories of their loved
ones with lasting personal tributes. The
site has a database of over 95 million
records dating back to 1936 and doc-
uments more than 80 percent of the
deaths in the United States each year.
“As the number of individuals that re-
quire hospice care at their end-of-life
approaches 50 percent, the need for an
organization like NHF that is laser-fo-
cused on continuing to evolve the qual-
ity of that care is critically important,”
said
Elaine Haney,
CEO and president
of Tributes.com. “We are very much
honored to be in a position to pro-
mote the work of the NHF and to help
stimulate memorial giving through our
platform.”
When creating an obituary, a consum-
er or funeral home may select from a
list of charitable organizations to which
contributions can be made. NHF was
recently added to this list of organiza-
tions as a featured partner and when se-
lected the NHF logo and a Make a Do-
nation link are included in the obituary.
Close to four million unique consum-
ers and thousands of funeral homes use
the site each month to locate and pub-
lish obituaries. As a result, the partner-
ship creates a tremendous opportunity
for consumers to support hospice care
in memory of a loved one.
“Collaborating with Tributes.com
makes so much sense. Memorial dona-
tions are a vitally important component
of the funds we raise at NHF, which are
used to support the care that makes such
a difference in the end-of-life experience
for family members and loved ones,”
said
John Mastrojohn,
executive direc-
tor of NHF. Visi
o learn
more about the site and the resources it
offers.
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