Last Wednesday we had an Evening With Michael S. Seaver, where we discussed our biggest source of stress, we defined our core values and then received practical applications to help relieve our compassion fatigue and avoid burnout. It was interesting to see how everyone narrowed down their core values. It was harder than you would imagine since you have to determine whether it’s actually a core value of yours or if it’s how you would like …
Please read the letter linked below issued from Judith Stapley from the Arizona State Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers. AZ State Board – Scam Warning Letter 12-23-19 Be aware of calls from Heritage Cremation Providers, LLC and Legacy Funeral Services, LLC for cremation requests. It is up to you to do your due diligence to ensure you are not working with unlicensed providers.
As 2019 comes to a close, the AFCCA Board of Directors would like to reflect on all that we accomplished this year. Our mission is to advocate, educate and promote high ethical standards for our members and the families we serve. Advocacy HB2188 -Relating to Funeral Interns, which passed under SB1245. Mortuary Science Graduates can now complete their embalmer and/or funeral director internship and become licensed within one year from graduation. SB1245 – Allowing authorized …
The Fatality Management Planning Workshop held on December 4th at Black Canyon Conference Center now has the conference materials available for download: https://www.azdhs.gov/preparedness/emergency-preparedness/#conferences-2019 As AzDHS receives additional resources from their Colorado partners they will be sharing those resources with us. Also, they are currently building a working website for regional partners to continue working on the fatality management topic. When the site is built out they will share the information with ALPHERA, AZTEC, and AzCHER.
Brookfield, Wis. – The National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) is now accepting entries for a chance to participate in the 2020 Meet the Mentors Program: Presented by the Funeral Service Foundation, March 8-10, 2020, at the Emory Conference Center Hotel, located on the campus of Emory University, in Atlanta, Ga. Meet the Mentors has been wholly-funded by the Funeral Service Foundation since the program’s 2011 inception. During Meet the Mentors, 50 funeral professionals who are …
AFCCA would like to congratulate Arizona based business, Carved in Memory, on their big win at the NFDA Annual Conference! Owners Clinton Probst (MCC Mortuary Science Graduate) and Calli Probst create beautiful wood carved memorializations of your loved one’s handwriting. Visit their website at www.carvedinmemory.com. Brookfield, Wisconsin – NFDA presented Carved in Memory with its 2019 Innovation Award during the association’s International Convention & Expo, held October 27-30 in Chicago. The first runner-up is Mortuary …
Brookfield, Wis. – The National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) has launched A Brush With Death, a podcast to help funeral professionals be more responsive to the evolving needs of families and better respond to the issues shaping their businesses. “Many people enjoy podcasts because they allow them to learn about the world around them while on-the-go, said NFDA Senior Vice President of Communications Troy Blewett. “With A Brush With Death, we’re excited to offer a …
Written by Steve Palmer, for Nomis Publications “I am an innocent human being. I have committed no crime and I am treated like an outcast—a criminal. It is unjust, outrageous, uncivilized. It seems incredible that in a Christian community a defenseless woman can be treated in this manner.” –Mary Mallon Mary Mallon, a cook for New York’s Walter Bowen family had a knock on the door at her employment in 1907. A sanitary engineer, experienced …
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Brookfield, Wis. – The National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) has debuted two new public service announcements (PSAs) created to educate families about the importance of meaningful funerals and the value of funeral directors. These new PSAs are part of NFDA’s Remembering A Life consumer outreach and education initiative and are available for use by association members at no charge. Individuals often have specific ideas about what they want at their funeral (or whether they even …