NHFREA Can Help You
Learn How to Conduct Family-‐‑Led Funerals New Hampshire families or designated agents may care for loved ones after death in their own home without hiring a professional. Our workshops are tailored to teach what you need and want to know.
Make Funerals Affordable The average funeral in the US costs between $8 and $12K. Conducting family-‐‑centered after-‐‑death care and making the necessary arrangements can greatly reduce costs while providing healing benefits for family and friends.
Make Informed Consumer Choices For those choosing to hire professionals for any part of the after-‐‑death care process, we have gathered information to help you, including our Funeral Price Survey and instructions on how to read a General Price List.
Complete NH Advance Directives Link to the forms and information necessary to complete and notarize your advance directives, and to locate signing events in your community. Don’t forget to include funeral planning instructions!
supporting informed funeral consumer choice through education & advocacy
New Hampshire Funeral Resources, Education & Advocacy
Avoid Unnecessary Procedures Embalming is not required by law, and alternative cooling methods are safe and effective for mandatory waiting periods, or one to three days in the home, sanctuary, or private setting.
Find Locally Made Funeral Goods Support local craftspeople by purchasing locally made, bio-‐‑degradable caskets and urns directly from NH artists at a significant cost savings. Find them on our Memorial Artists Resource List.
Organize Community Care Groups We teach the necessary skills and procedures to spiritual and other community groups so that they may reclaim the tradition of caring for their own.
Offer Presentations & Workshops NHFREA has dynamic speakers who are eager to share info about funeral planning, home funerals, and green burials with your group, school, church, community center, or health organization.
NHFREA PO Box 456
Holderness NH 03245 603.236.9495
www.nhfuneral.org
NH Funeral Resources, Education & Advocacy is a nonprofit organization comprised of health professionals, teachers, ministers, home funeral and green burial educators, consumer advocates, and others whose mission is to support informed funeral consumer choice through education and advocacy.