Page B8 september 2023 FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS Section B Booth #1141 www.vischerfuneralsupplies.com Ceremony Manufacturing LLC Presents New Guardian Memorial Flag Mount™️ Directors Investment Group Certified as a Great Place to Work Mortuary Lift Company Announces Portable, Remote-Operated Device for Vehicle Loading ABILENE,TX— Directors Investment Group (DIG), parent company to Funeral Directors Life and Passare, is proud to announce that the company is recertified as a “Great Place To Work” through June 2024. This prestigious recognition by Great Place To Work® is based entirely on current employees’ experience working at DIG. This year, 96% of employees said DIG is a great place to work – compared to 57% of employees at the average United States company. Great Place To Work® is the global authority on workplace culture, employee experience, and the leadership behaviors proven to deliver market-leading revenue, employee retention and increased innovation. “Everyone here at DIG is proud to be certified as a great place to work for the second year in a row,” said DIG president and CEO Kris Seale. “Two years ago, we decided to include all our subsidiaries in the certification process rather than just Funeral Directors Life. DIG is a growing company, and we wanted all of our employees to be able to participate. We are so honored by the overwhelmingly positive response from our employees.” To acquire certification, DIG’s employees completed an anonymous survey in which they ranked the workplace culture, leadership, benefits, and other factors within the company. This survey feedback, combined with Great Place to Work’s extensive data-driven methodology, confirmed that DIG earned the distinction of being a “Great Place to Work.” “Great Place To Work Certification is a highly coveted achievement that requires consistent and intentional dedication to the overall employee experience,” said Sarah Lewis-Kulin, vice president of global recognition at Great Place To Work. She emphasized that certification is the sole official recognition earned by the real-time feedback of employees regarding their company culture. “By successfully earning this recognition, it is evident that DIG stands out as one of the top companies to work for, providing a great workplace environment for its employees.” “Often, clients who visit us ask, ‘What do you put in the water?! All of your employees are happy to be here and love what they do,’” added Seale. “We have many programs in place that make this a great place to work, but I think the biggest impact to our workplace culture is the fact that we all feel a sense of purpose in what we do. That is what a great workplace is all about.” Directors Investment Group (DIG) is the parent company for a diverse group of companies focused on serving the funeral and insurance professions, including Funeral Directors Life and Passare. At DIG, our mission is to be known as “the best, most-respected provider of service to our industries.” DIG serves funeral home clients across the country, offering a variety of services including sales programs, training, technology, marketing, and financial services. To apply online, visit digfamily.co. As the global authority on workplace culture, Great Place To Work brings 30 years of groundbreaking research and data to help every place become a great place to work for all. Their proprietary platform and For All™ Model help companies evaluate the experience of every employee, with exemplary workplaces becoming Great Place To Work Certified or receiving recognition on a coveted Best Workplaces™ List. Follow Great Place To Work on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram or visit greatplacetowork.com and sign up for the newsletter to learn more. CEDAR RAPIDS,IA— Mortuary Lift Company has introduced the TugAlong™ in response to customer needs and their renowned philosophy, Work Smarter, Not Harder. They have developed a lightweight device (weighing in at less than 20 pounds) to help effortlessly load a body into a vehicle. The TugAlong innovative design is light, portable and universal. Able to pull up to 1000 pounds, the TugAlong features include a patentpending universal seat belt adapter design and wireless remote control. “Our company values feedback from clients and the proof is in the continual rollout of new products that cater to your personal needs as well as the ongoing changes in the industry. One thing we heard over and over is that even after getting the body removal completed from the house, there was the obstacle of loading the body into the vehicle,” states Mortuary Lift Company President and CEO Katie Hill, “Our design team spent a lot of time coming up with a solution that worked with the equipment everyone already has in every vehicle and what we ended up with is something we are really proud of that offers the same great quality you’ve come to love.” Katie continues, “Ultimately, we want to see our clients be able to do more of what they love and less of what they don’t during their valuable work day. Working solo and safely has always been at the core of what we do. It is fortunate that safety in our industry goes handin-hand with job joy. Because you can do this task solo, thanks to The TugAlong, it creates a satisfying sense of autonomy and streamlines the workflow.” The TugAlong is another solution for saving your back and saving time that complements the work done by The Ultimate Lift 1000 and The Stepper. Mortuary Lift Company continues to create products that make the process of body removal and preparation safe and streamlined. Each product provides an alternative to using the attendant’s back as the lifting force and risking serious injury. The TugAlong is an exceptionally exciting rollout because of its small size. “It weighs in at 18 pounds, making it easy to tote for just one person. I speak with funeral directors all day every day. They’re looking for solo solutions because they’re often working alone with the ever increasing size of decedents,” says Mortuary Lift Company Vice President Brenda Stratton. “We were created on a foundation of innovation. Our family-owned business used our funeral home experience to make our first product, The Ultimate Lift 1000, that would make our colleague’s work lives easier too. It is in our mission statement and in the purposeful work we do everyday-- finding new and better ways to make our clients lives easier,” says Katie, “That’s why we are thrilled to have a design that has never been done before.” The patent-pending universal seat belt adapter design of simply clicking the TugAlong winch system into the front seatbelts is revolutionary. Mortuary Lift Company has been providing highquality, dependable body lifts to funeral homes and mortuaries worldwide for 50 years. Please join them for their next adventure in cooling and refrigeration! Video demonstrations of the TugAlong are available at www.mortuarylift.com. Learn more about the full line of products by visiting Booth 1141 at the NFDA Convention in Las Vegas or calling 1-800-628-8809. MIAMITOWN,OH— Ceremony Manufacturing LLC is excited to present the Guardian Memorial Flag Mount™. An innovative and unique product designed for easy installment on smooth flat surfaces to display and preserve the American flag on mausoleums, headstones, and memorials. With the many veterans, first responders and patriots in cemeteries across the country, the Guardian Memorial Flag Mount™ is an excellent display for remembering those who have been lost. The Guardian Memorial Flag Mount™ comes with commercial grade bonding on the back of the mount giving the display a sturdy hold but is also removable if needed. Sticking the American flag in the ground risks the flag getting dirty or displaced and becomes inconvenient when cemetery grounds are being maintained. Instead, keep the American flag off the ground by using our Guardian Memorial Flag Mount™. Manufactured with top quality non-corrosive, weather resistant materials, the Guardian Memorial Flag Mount™ maintains its appearance for a dignified tribute. For more than 35 years, Ceremony Manufacturing LLC has been dedicated to manufacturing high quality Guardian® cemetery and funeral procession products. Please visit their website www.guardianfuneralflags.com for photos of all their other top-quality made in the United States Guardian® products. To order the Guardian Memorial Flag Mount™ please contact your supplier or call 800-367-0487 or email customerservice@guardianfuneralflags.com for a distributor nearest you. JOIN CFSA FOR A NEW MEMBERSHIP YEAR Now is a better time than ever to join a network of people who not only understand what you do, they do what you do. Will you come along with us as we advance the funeral supply industry? 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