Ivy Tech students win Trigard scholarships
Danville, IL – Trigard proudly awarded two $250 scholarships to Ivy Tech students Kelly Alvarez, a mortuary science student at Ivy Tech Community College in East Chicago, Ill,...
THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF PET CEMETERIES & CREMATORIES (IAOPCC) ANNOUNCES HISTORICAL FIRST
AN ACCREDITATION PROGRAM FOR PET CREMATORY FACILITIES Atlanta, Georgia – April 15, 2014 – The International Association of Pet Cemeteries and Crematories (IAOPCC) has announced a worldwide Accreditation Program...
Innovative Animated Video Explores the Lessons Learned from Dealing with Grief and Loss
Good Grief is a short stop motion animated documentary that explores the lessons we learn from dealing with grief and loss. Five real people share their true stories...
First generation Funeral Home Owner Attributes Success To Professional Associations
Ricardo Carrillo has dual citizenship with the U.S. and Mexico, which is reflective of his childhood growing up on both sides of the border. He made his decision...
Entrepreneurs Find a Growing Business in Eco-friendly Burials
Several companies have emerged that replace expensive caskets and earth-polluting chemicals with pine boxes and shrouds. Here's a grim statistic: The estimated funeral costs for the baby boomer...
7 Enduring Love Stories Death Could Not Separate
Article from ASD - Answering Service for Directors “Do you think our love is strong enough to take us away together?” This quote from the novel and film, The...
150 Things Most Consumers Don’t Know A Funeral Director Does
Article by Ralph L. Klicker, Have a Talk of a Lifetime A new tool to use to educate families about the myriad services a funeral director provides A number...
Homesteaders Releases Spanish-Language Community Presentation
Des Moines, Iowa — Homesteaders Life Company, a national leader in pre-need funeral funding, recently released Un regalo para sus seres queridos™, a Spanish-language version of its popular...
Physicians Mutual Adds Pre-Need Marketing Manager to Advanced Funding Solutions Team
OMAHA, Neb. (April 21, 2014) – Physicians Mutual recently named Jason Bangs to its pre-need team as marketing manager. Bangs has worked in the insurance industry for 20...
This Video From a Funeral Home in the Philippines Will Blow You Away
This video was originally shared from the NFDA Facebook Page and it will blow you away. https://www.facebook.com/NationalFuneralDirectorsAssociation/posts/10154077753130385