Mission:
To promote informed advance planning for funeral and memorial
arrangements.
Whose
Funeral Is It, Anyway?
The Funeral Consumers Alliance of Princeton is an entirely volunteer
run, not-for-profit consumer education organization that offers you the
information and encouragement you need to plan final arrangements
appropriate to your personal beliefs and circumstances.
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. A funeral or
memorial service should be what you and your family want and can
afford.
The Funeral Consumers Alliance aims to give people the freedom of
informed 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.
If you believe...
That by informed planning now, 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 as 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 or burial, a list of
cooperating funeral directors with special FCAP prices, methods of
donating organs or bodies to medical science, and, above all, a
clear and sensible method of implementing your wishes;
Then join The
Funeral Consumers Alliance of
Princeton.
(If
you were a member of the Princeton Memorial Association,
you are automatically a member of
the Funeral Consumers
Alliance of Princeton.)
Benefits of Membership
An individual life membership costs $25, plus $10 for each
additional household member. This is a one-time payment and is
transferable to other Funeral Consumer Alliance affiliates
nationwide
Members receive:
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Information on
funeral planning
-
Putting My
House in Order - A helpful guide produced by the FCAP
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Expression-of-Wishes form to inform survivors of what you want
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A dozen
informational pamphlets
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An annual
newsletter and an invitation to our annual conference
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A list of
cooperating funeral directors and their FCAP discounted prices
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A membership
card
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Body donation
forms upon request
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An advance
directive/living will
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A nationwide
directory of FCA affiliates (membership is transferable)
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Access to
information and advice from our knowledgeable board!
How to Join
For
application, click here.
If you wish to receive further information you may do so by
contacting us at the address or phone above or by
E-mail
Funeral Consumers Alliance
The Funeral Consumers Alliance of Princeton is a member of the
Funeral Consumers Alliance, a national federation of funeral
consumer information societies. FCA is dedicated to a consumer's
right to choose a meaningful, dignified, affordable funeral.
For more information about FCA and the many resources they can
supply, click here to visit the
FCA Web Site.
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