10 Things Happening in Cemeteries That Aren’t Burials or Entombments
We can probably agree that opening up a funeral home’s event center for weddings, baby showers, or family reunions is a great way to let your neighbors explore...
Community Outreach
Simple Ideas to Get Involved This Memorial Day
The national holiday we now know as Memorial Day started out in the late 1860s as “Decoration Day,” a remembrance of fallen Civil War soldiers held on May...
5 Easy & Effective Ways to Educate Your Community on What You Do
On the rare occasions deathcare professionals are free to socialize, the last thing you probably want to talk about is what you do for a living. Although death...
Last Things: Detailing All the Ways to Die in Maine — With or Without a Funeral Director
Chuck Lakin didn’t set out to become one of Maine’s premier authorities on home funerals. A reference librarian by trade, Lakin hadn’t given much thought to embalming, funerals,...
Failing Grades in 33 States: Is Your State Board Actually Helping You to Educate Customers?
In our 2021 Deathcare Survey, nearly 25% of respondents cited “educating families and the public at large” as one of the top professional challenges of 2020. In fact,...
Different Ways Deathcare Honored Fallen Heroes on Memorial Day 2021
Another Memorial Day has come and gone. The holiday and its resulting long weekend have become the unofficial opening day of summer. For veterans and those who respect...
5 New Year’s Resolutions for Deathcare Professionals
Do you make personal resolutions at the dawn of every new year? Lose weight, spend less, yadda, yadda, yadda. The goal of a resolution is to improve yourself...