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FUNERAL CONSUMERS It’s never too early Plan Ahead And Rest in Peace
If you believe that by informed planning you can spare your family unnecessary anxiety and expense at the time of your death; If you realize that such planning is as sensible and natural as making a will or buying life insurance; If you would like accurate and up-to-date information on the practical details of funeral arrangements, cremation, burial, methods of donating organs or bodies to medical science, and, above all, a clear and sensible method of implementing your wishes; Join the Funeral Consumers Alliance of Princeton, no matter what your age. It’s never too early to plan ahead.
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Membership An individual membership is $25 plus $10 for each additional household adult family member. Members receive a packet which includes: · Information on funeral planning · Dealing Creatively With Death, A Manual of Death Education and Simple Burial by Ernest Morgan · Putting My House in Order workbook and form · Expression-of-Wishes form to inform survivors of your wishes · A dozen informational pamphlets · Newsletters and an invitation to our annual conference · List of cooperating funeral directors and their FCAP discounted prices · Membership card · Body donation forms upon request · An advance directive/living will · Nationwide directory of FCA affiliates (membership is transferable) · Information and advice!
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ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Each spring, our annual conference features an outstanding speaker on a topic of current importance. Past programs have included: You Only Die Once: Preparing for the End of Life with Grace and Gusto
Over My Dead Body: End of Life Care - Must We Suffer? Life and Death in the Age of Managed Care
You Can’t Afford to
Die: After Death: A Dialogue about Grief Who Lives? Who Dies? Who Decides?
The Right to Die:
A Place to Die: Whose Funeral Is It Anyway?
Physician-Assisted
Suicide: Humanizing the End of Life The Annual Conference is announced in our newsletter and advertised in local newspapers. It is open to the public. Please come!
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FCAP FUNERAL CONSUMERS ALLIANCE
OF PRINCETON, INC. The greatest obstacle to free choice in making funeral arrangements is the mystery that surrounds the physical and financial facts of death. Planning a funeral should be a simple business transaction, a purchase of services. What makes it different from buying a home or car is the speed with which it must be done, the emotion involved, and the lack of knowledge of the average consumer. The Funeral Consumers Alliance promotes choice through education. By informed planning, members can make arrangements that will encourage both the acceptance of death and the affirmation of life for those left behind. DID YOU KNOW? · Most individuals never share their funeral wishes with their family members. FCAP members receive instructions on how to communicate this information, sparing relatives from difficult, expensive decisions. · The average cost of a “traditional” funeral in the U.S. is now over $6,000. FCAP members usually purchase simpler services for a fraction of the cost. · Embalming and fancy caskets are not required for cremation or burial. FCAP members avoid unnecessary procedures and expenses by pre-planning. · A safety deposit box is a poor place to store your funeral instructions. FCAP members learn who to notify before the time of death. · When a body is not displayed, memorial services can be held almost anywhere. FCAP members learn about various options, including community halls, parks, churches, synagogues, homes. · Even if death comes suddenly and an individual has not pre-planned, relatives can enroll the deceased in FCA and save money. |
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Mea Kaemmerlen
William A Sweeney, M.D.
Betty Fleming Patrick Keenan Naomi McCarty, R.N. Henry J. Powsner, MD Allen Porter, Esq. Richard Reinhardt Donald C. Sheasley Gina Wilson
John Alloway
Laurie R. Powsner, MSW
FUNERAL CONSUMERS ALLIANCE fcap@uuprinceton.org www.princetonol.com/groups/fcap (609) 924-3320 |
How it Works...
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