Funeral Societies

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The Funeral Consumers Alliance consists of 115 non-profit funeral organizations. These organizations are demographically controlled establishments catering to the needs of consumers located in the region where their respected establishments are founded. The funeral societies offer many resources, services, and knowledge based materials Above all, funeral societies have the main mission goal to promote informed and advanced planning for funeral and memorial arrangements.

Among the many services that funeral societies offer, these societies provide price lists of cooperating funeral institutions, death education literature (pamphlets. books, brochures, and newsletters), and services such as "preference cards", indicating a persons wishes when they die that can be distributed to family members, friends and funeral institutions. Funeral societies may also offer group (family) discounts on long care insurance.

Membership into these organizations is moderately priced at a $25-40 range. This fee will provide lifetime membership in a local organization as well as membership into the Funeral Consumers Alliance. This membership may be transferred to another funeral society at no additional costs, so that a member may move from the area where they originally applied, and still be able to use the services somewhere else. When asked, a funeral society informs an inquiring mind that the fee is necessary for the cost of mailing and printing of educational materials as well as the continuum of the non-profit organization, as well as the costs of funding conferences available to members.

There are many advantages to a funeral society membership. Membership ensures that the wishes of the deceased are carried out as they are ...

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... to better understand the options and procedures for donating a body, and living wills.

Overall a funeral societies purpose is to aid in helping people make financially responsible decisions in a facet that many people know very little about, without knowledge of the many options that are available. Death arrangements are typically one of the three most expensive purchases one will make in a lifetime. What is unique to this experience is the urgency to make decisions, as well as the fact that there is typically a lot of money available due to pensions, insurance, and other funds that have allocated for the sole event of ones death. With such factors present, it is very easy for many to take advantage of ones emotional, financial, and urgent needs. Funeral societies offer a clear mind, and better understanding in something that otherwise may seem so foreign.

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