December 2020

Page A14 DECEMBER 2020 FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS Se c t i on A Hand Crafted • Hand Painted • Made in Ireland Height 10.1 Width 7.25 Cubic Inches 210 5 Days 5 Keynotes 2 + hours of content each Day registration starts at only $99! January 11–15, 2021 iccfasales.com Sales21_NOMIS_December2020.indd 1 11/13/20 6:16 PM Funeral Service Foundation Raises $130,000 in Academic Scholarship Support During Virtual Golf Classic BROOKFIELD,WI—The Funeral Service Foun- dation is delighted to announce that 52 organizations and individuals supported the 2020 Virtual Golf Classic “Fore” the Students, to the tune of $130,000. All con- tributions to this year’s event directly support academic scholarships in the funeral profession. For the third year in a row, The Dodge Company and Consolidated Funeral Services (CFS) served as the Clas- sic’s Major Co-benefactors, each “chipping in” $12,500 in direct support of scholarships. “Dodge is honored to once again ‘chip in’ as a major co-benefactor for the Funeral Service Foundation’s Golf Classic,” said Tim Collison, COO of The Dodge Com- pany in Billerica, Massachusetts. “A strong education is key to a fulfilling career, and we are proud to support Foundation scholarships for the profession’s next genera- tion of leaders.” “The profession is continually evolving, and this year is no exception,” said Peter Richardson, who co-found- ed CFS in Needham Heights, MA with Felix Tsatskis. “A solid education is key to be able to adapt to a chang- ing professional landscape, and we’re pleased to help the Foundation make education accessible to students,” add- ed Tsatskis. Service Corporation International (SCI) has contrib- uted to the annual event as a $10,000 Presenting Sup- porter since 2016. “Students can count on the Founda- tion to help them make their funeral service education a reality,” said Eric Tanzberger, senior vice president and CFO of Service Corporation International in Houston, TX. “And we can count on the Funeral Service Founda- tion to invest in people and programs to strengthen fu- neral service.” “Our contributors understand that even in a year where we can’t gather together on the course, there is still a great need to come together in solidarity to strengthen our profession,” said Foundation executive director, Lee Wiensch, CFRE. An additional 49 organizations came together “fore” the students: • $5,000 Premier Supporters are: Batesville; C&J Finan- cial; Great Western Insurance Company; Guerra & Gutierrez Mortuaries; Matthews Aurora Funeral So- lutions; Park Lawn Corporation; Regions Funeral and Cemetery Trust; and Ring Ring Marketing. • $3,000 Eagle Supporters: The Baue Family; Carriage Services; Homesteaders Life Company; KeithM. Mer- rick Company, Inc; and Nomis Publications, Inc. • $2,500 “Fore” The Students Supporters include: Busch Funeral &Crematory Services; ClearPoint Fed- eral Bank & Trust; Funeral Directors Life Insurance Company; The Foresight Companies; and Tukios. • $1,500 Birdie Supporters are: Advance Local; Global At- lantic; Lake LawnMetairie Funeral Home &Cemeter- ies; NFDA; and Trigard. • $750-$1,000 Scholar- ship Supporters are: Ar- rington Funeral Group; Carmon Communi- ty Funeral Homes; Co- zine Memorial Group, Foundation Partners Group, LCC; Hight- ower Family Funeral Homes; Howe-Peterson Funeral Homes, LLC; LOCALiQ, part of Gan- net, Inc; Krause Funer- al Homes and Crema- tion Services; Live Oak Bank; MacKinnon & Bowes, LTD; Robin- son Funeral Homes; Speaks Chapels, LLC; and Wappner Funeral Directors & Crematory. The virtual event featured a virtual flipbook-style pro- gram highlighting all do- nors, including 13 organi- zations who “chipped in” $250-$500 in scholarship support. The program also includes powerful testimo- nials from students who were awarded a Founda- tion academic scholarship in 2019-20. In addition to academic scholarships, the Founda- tion offers a suite of con- tinuing education schol- arships and opportunities designed to help funeral professionals throughout their careers. More than 700 funeral service profes- sionals benefit from Foun- dation scholarships and op- portunities each year. Since 1945, the Funer- al Service Foundation has served as the philanthrop- ic voice of the funeral pro- fession and has identified as the charitable arm of the National Funeral Direc- tors Association since 1997. Donors and volunteer lead- ers profession-wide support the Foundation in its mis- sion of investing in people and programs to strength- en funeral service and lift up grieving communi- ties. Learn more about all scholarship opportuni- ties, dates and deadlines at FuneralServiceFoundation. org. Send Us Your News! PO Box 5159, Youngstown, OH 44514 Fax 1-800-321-9040 Email info@nomispublications.com