Affordable Options (FCA)
Links to Other Related Websites:
Funeral Consumers Alliance (FCA)
AARP has on-line support for grief and loss
Locks of Love accepts donations of hair ten inches or longer, any color, to make wigs for children who have lost their hair because of medical treatment or other medical causes. Gray hair is sold to help fund the manufacturing of these wigs, so even older folks can help. Be sure to check donation requirements and procedures.
The funeral home's General Price List is your most important tool for understanding and controlling funeral costs. How to Read A General Price List from FCA. One of the few on-line General Price Lists in Virginia is provided by the Cremation and Burial Society of Virginia.
Affordable Options: A Guide to Funeral Planning from FCA.
Shopping for a monument and want to compare prices? Check the link for monument dealers at the Monument Builders of America.
National Registry for your living will and Health Care Proxy.
Interested in planting a memory tree? Check out celebration forest.
Internet Cremation Society. A list of commercial cremation companies, many doing business as a “society.” They may not be the least expensive or most ethical in your area, so shop carefully. Check with FISP first.
Visit Ploys and Scams, an excellent page on the Funeral Help web site provided by the Alzheimer’s Research Foundation of Virginia.
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