STERLING, VA (February 11, 2016)—The International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association (ICCFA) has named its 2015 KIP (Keeping It Personal) Award winners, recognizing the best in personalization in the cemetery and funeral service profession.
Created by the ICCFA Personalization Committee, the KIP program honors recipients in five categories: Best Practices/Personal Touch; Most Personalized Service/Memorial; Events; Innovative Personalized Product (suppliers only); and Most Personalized Pet Service/Memorial.
This year’s contest attracted 32 entries from the United State and Canada. Communications and marketing professionals from outside the cemetery and funeral service profession performed the judging.
Information on the winners is available on the ICCFA website at www.iccfa.com/kip. Applications for the 2016 KIP Awards will be available from ICCFA this spring. ICCFA congratulates the winners and all who entered the 2015 KIP Awards.
The winners are as follows:
MOST PERSONALIZED SERVICE OR MEMORIAL
First Place and Grand Prize Winner
SCI/Striffler-Hamby at Park Hill Cemetery: Personalization for a Young Fisherman’s Visitation
Columbus, Georgia
BEST PRACTICE/PERSONAL TOUCH
First Place
Rose Hill Cemetery of Hagerstown Maryland: Cremation Memorial
Hagerstown, Maryland
Honorable Mention
Cook Funeral and Cremation Services (Cook Family Services): A Holiday Remembrance
Grandville, Michigan
EVENTS
First Place
Catholic Cemeteries Archdiocese of Newark: Birdhouse Event
Newark, New Jersey
Honorable Mention
Cook Funeral and Cremation Services (Cook Family Services): Widows and Widowers Picnic
Grandville, Michigan
INNOVATIVE/PERSONALIZED PRODUCT (SUPPLIERS)
First Place
Cemetery360: Virtual Reality Experience
Sacramento, California
Honorable Mention
Answering Service for Directors: Web Chat Connect
Media, Pennsylvania
Honorable Mention
Frazer Consultants: Tribute e-Guest
Middleton, Wisconsin
Honorable Mention
FrontRunner Professional: Simpler Times
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
MOST PERSONALIZED PET SERVICE OR MEMORIAL
First Place
Beyond the Rainbow Pet Hospice & Memorial Center: Honoring the Life and Service of Pepper
Fort Worth, Texas
Grand prize winner SCI/Striffler-Hamby at Parkhill Cemetery receives a free registration to the 2016 ICCFA Annual Convention & Exposition, April 13-16, at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. All first-place and honorable mention winners will be recognized at the convention and in ICCFA Magazine.
Founded in 1887, the International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association (ICCFA) is the only international trade association representing all segments of the cemetery, cremation, funeral and memorialization industry. Its membership is composed of more than 9,100 rooftop locations and 18,000 professionals in the cemetery, funeral home and crematory industries, as well as memorial designers and related businesses worldwide. To learn more, please visit www.iccfa.com or connect with ICCFA on Facebook and Twitter.
