News & Events

At our Annual Membership Meeting on Sunday, October 22, 2023, we filled 3 vacancies on our Board of Trustees. We elected two new members and welcomed back Jim Couchon, who volunteered to run for another full term. We posed for…

We are posting a pdf of our flyer for the upcoming educational program, “What’s New & What’s Changing To Help Funeral Consumers?” View/download FLYER pdf here. Or see an image of it below. Please feel free to share this with…

Two opportunities (Oct 21 & 22 ) to learn about eco-friendly improvements in Death Care Options: Our colleagues in FCA of Eastern Massachusetts invite us to their educational program on Earth-Friends Deathcare, to be held (virtually) on Saturday, October 21,…

The Joint Committee on Public Health is holding a public hearing Wednesday, September 20, 2023, 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., to consider many proposed bills, including An Act expanding after-death care options, House Bill (H2193) and Senate Bill (S1339). This proposed Massachusetts…

Please join us on Sunday, October 22, 2:00-4:00 pm, for our Annual Meeting and Program: What’s New and What’s Changing to Help Funeral Consumers? Location: Unitarian Society of Northampton and Florence, 220 Main Street, Northampton, MA, right next to City…

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will be holding a free public workshop on September 7, 2023, at 9:30am on the proposed revisions to the Funeral Rule. The event is in Washington, D.C., but will be webcast live on the FTC’s…

Update 7/25/23: The July 26 Hearing was cancelled 7/21/23. The Public Health Committee has now postponed the hearing until at least September (the exact date to be determined). You may still send in WRITTEN testimony to the Committee and reach…

“We’re hearing about a new scheme that involves imposters preying on people who are grieving the loss of a loved one,” writes Alvaro Puig, Consumer Education Specialist, in an FTC Consumer Alert dated June 14, 2023. “The imposters pretend to…

Our Spring newsletter is ready! You can read it here on this website. Print copies are being sent via bulk mail to our members who are print subscribers, and to organizations on our “courtesy” list. Email notices via Mailchimp will soon…

We have added an article from FCA about third-party caskets: your rights and what funeral homes are allowed to do, and not allowed to do. We have also updated contact information (on our Burials page under the Options tab) for…