To promote informed advance planning for funeral and memorial arrangementsWe are a 501 (c)(3) education and advocacy organization run by an all volunteer board.We are not affiliated with the funeral industry or any religious groups.We educate the public on their rights and options when planning for AND/or purchasing funeral goods and services.We encourage people to plan arrangements that are in keeping with their personal wishes and budget, and then share that information with their survivors.We provide written information on a wide variety of end-of-life related issues including: advance directives and health care proxies, how to put your financial house in order, hospice, burial, green burial, cremation, body, tissue and organ donation, embalming, viewing, funeral and memorial services, prices, how to choose a funeral home, and more…We hold our own informative annual conference, open to the public.We are available for personal phone consultations to answer your questions and help you make plans.We encourage pre-planning, but not pre-paying (except under certain circumstances).We serve people of all ages and encourage generations to talk to one another about mortality and planning for death.We are a member of the Funeral Consumers Alliance, a national federation of funeral consumer information societies. Visit them at www.funerals.org