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2012
FCAEM Annual Gathering Speaker Series Protecting Our Final Rights and Energizing the Funeral Consumers Alliance Josh Slocum, Executive Director, Funeral Consumer Alliance and co-author of Final Rights: Reclaiming the American Way of Death. Our mission is to educate the public about their rights and options when arranging funerals, burials, cremation, and other aspects of after-death care. The best way to fulfill this goal is to raise public awareness of our organization at the local level. Josh is familiar with ideas and suggestions from affiliates across the nation, which we can use to invigorate our group. Josh has a wonderful witty way of presenting the material and news of concern to all of us. Ruth Faas, Owner, Mourning Dove Studio, 485 Massachusetts Ave., Arlington, MA. Ruth will also be joining us and bringing a wicker and other alternative and eco-friendly caskets and urns. If you have only seen “traditional” funeral containers, this will be a great educational opportunity. Ruth will be available to answer questions on natural burial. All are welcome. Refreshments too! Mount Auburn Cemetery is accessible by car or public transportation.
The FCAEM 2012 newsletter is available.
Plan Ahead Death is something no one wants to think about. But, when a death does occur, there are many important decisions to be made. These are decisions which should not have to be made at such a difficult and painful time. To ease the burden on your family and friends, there are things that you can do now and plans that you can make today. Check out our benefits of membership. For a helpful article on Planning a Funeral from Boston Consumers' Checkbook click here. Do It Yourself It is perfectly legal in Massachusetts, as in most other states, to care for your own dead without using a funeral home at all. Or, if you wish, you might want to use only limited services, for example, help with transportation, or the necessary paper work. Whether planning for yourself, or someone close to you, see our advice on doing it yourself. FCAEM helped revive this time honored tradition in the 1990s by clarifying the law with the state after the funeral Board of Registration had led many to believe that the practice was illegal. Click here for details of that history. 2011 Funeral Service Survey Results The FCAEM Board conducted a new funeral home survey in January 2011. Massachusetts Funeral homes were asked to answer a survey and send us their General Price List. You can view the responses to the 2011 and earlier surveys and the General Price Lists of those who responded by clicking here. [last updated 2012-01-03]
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