Sunday, April 17, 2016
1:00 – 3:00 PM Pacific
FREE of charge
Presentation by Final Passages’ director Jerrigrace Lyons
Another Alternative: A Family-Directed Home Funeral, on family-directed home funerals and green burials.
Bay Area Funeral Consumers Association (BAFCA) is a chapter of a national nonprofit organization of volunteers who help inform and protect consumers when shopping for funeral goods or services. Families seeking a more active role and greater ownership in the care of their dead are reclaiming after-death care and fostering the death positive movement.
A home funeral or family-directed funeral is the process caring for the body of the departed in the home without intervention by a funeral director. Families can c
hoose to do this alone or employ the services of a Home Funeral Guide or Natural Death Care Consultant to navigate the process. Family-directed funerals are often followed by a green or natural burial. These burials emphasize simplicity, ecological conservation, and environmental sustainability.
This event is free to the public. A social hour, refreshments and funeral planning resources will also be available from the Bay Area Funeral Consumers Association free of charge.
Where
Palo Alto Rinconada Library
The fabulous garden Embarcadero Room
1213 Newell Rd., Palo Alto, CA 94303
Register
Questions
Contact BAFCA board member Suzette Sherman
650-862-7522 or suzette@sevenponds.com