Page A19 November 2022 FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS Se c t i on A Call today for your online ordering credentials 800-827-5151 Visit messengerstationery.com/holiday-remembrances to learn more 9121 Reach Out with ongoing support for the families you serve throughout the year As we approach the holiday season, we know things look a little different this year. While you may not hold a typical Service of Remembrance, reaching out to families is more important than ever. WE ARE HERE FOR YOU. With a nice selection of Aftercare Gifts available, we can ship direct to your families so you don’t miss a beat this holiday season. LET US SHIP TO FAMILIES Promo Code: 9 46 Visit www.messengerstationery.com/holiday-remembrance-gifts With the holiday season approaching it’s important to create connection with families you serve. We make it easy by offering a wide variety of ornaments and keepsakes that make wonderful gifts. and motivate others – connecting their personal goals to their professional goals – leaving a legacy of insight and professionalism. Let’s recognize their achievements! By Elleanor Starks, cfsp Founder and Executive Director 100 Black Women of Funeral Service, Inc. Phenomenal Women in Leadershi p These women stand out! Whether continuing their family’s legacy or taking a leap of faith into the profession, they have become leaders through hard work and dedication to the Funeral Service Industry. As managers, owners, role models and mentors, each of these women have an inspiring vision, and have used their talents to help others. These leaders encourage creativity, entrepreneurial spirit, and teamwork. They empower Jorrie Reid Malcolm X College of Funeral Service Program Beyunka Hobbs Honor Student Malcolm X College of Funeral Service Program McKenzie Willis Preston Funeral Home Funeral Service Program Arizona Camille Johns Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science Marshari Chambers Senior Student Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science 100 Black Women of Funeral Service introduce the Focused and Gifted Class of 2022 Scholarship Students Junear Leshay Canna A licensed funeral director and mortician for the state of Louisiana since 1981, she is a second-generation owner of Jenkins Funeral Home in Mansfield. A 1980 graduate of the Dallas Institute of Mortuary Science, Canna is a member of the National Funeral Directors and Morticians Association and the Louisiana Funeral Directors and Morticians Associations, where she presently serves as clerk of the house. She held the position of president for the Shreveport Local Funeral Directors Association. Junear Leshay Canna Jenkins Funeral Home Shreveport, Louisiana Body Broker Bill in the Senate Continued from Page A18 “NFDA is grateful to Sens. Murphy and Tillis for introducing the CDRI Act in the Senate and call on both houses of Congress to prevent families from enduring the heartache that far too many have already endured by passing this bill,” said NFDA CEO Christine Pepper, CAE. “In doing so, we can put a stop to the anguish that far too many families have experienced at the hands of body brokers.” “Nothing happens quickly in Washington, DC., and the path toward getting this bill introduced in the Senate has been long,” said NFDA senior vice president of advocacy Lesley Witter, MPA, CAE. “As with other legislation – like the BRAVE Act, which vastly improved death benefits for veterans – grassroots advocacy by NFDA members will help get the CDRI Act passed. This legislation will be a key focus of NFDA legislative agenda in the new Congress in January and at the 2023 Advocacy Summit.” The decision to donate a loved one’s body for scientific or medical research is an admirable choice and can offer healing to a grieving family. With whole body donation, bodies and body parts are used for education, research or the advancement of medical, dental or mortuary science. Researchers rely on donated human body parts to develop new surgical instruments, techniques, implants, medicines and treatments for diseases. Surgeons, paramedics and funeral directors use donated bodies and body parts for training, education and research. While universities and state-run anatomy programs do not actively solicit donations, body brokers often target the poor and elderly to donate their loved one’s body. Some medical schools have reported that competition from body brokers has reduced the number of bodies donated to schools to train students because some brokers can offer donors more favorable terms, such as free removal of the body and cremation. A patchwork of federal and state laws applies to body brokers. Under the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, most state anatomical gift laws largely regulate just one side of the process – how a body may be donated. Most do not address what happens next, such as how brokers dissect, handle and ship the bodies and body parts; the prices they set on human remains; to whom they sell or resell them; how the parts are used by buyers; or the rights of donors and next-of-kin. In almost every state, it’s legal to sell the human remains of adults. Generally, a broker can sell a donated human body for about $5,000, though prices sometimes top $10,000. Bodies and body parts can be bought, sold and leased, again and again. As a result, it can be difficult to track what becomes of donors’ bodies, ensure they are handled with dignity, and returned to their loved ones after cremation. Fewer rules mean fewer consequences when bodies are mistreated and, when donor bodies are mistreated, the impact on surviving family members can be heartbreaking. For more information about the CDRI Act, visit www.nfda.org/bodybrokerbill.
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