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A networking lunch at a funeral home is not something I would have thought of. Our lunch meeting today was very enjoyable. Our hosts were Lynda and Josh at Family Care Funeral Home. They were a very friendly and knowledgeable host and hostess.

Our lunch invitation stated : What a great opportunity to learn about this without being emotionally involved. While enjoying lunch Lynda and Josh shared with us how one can plan ahead for yourself or even a loved one and make the experience much less frazzled. We were provided with great brochures with questionnaires that ask key questions your loved one might forget to ask you about your wishes as well as key list of to do items that can save your family from having to scramble and find those items during their time of grief.

It was very interesting to find out that there are actually funeral homes, like the one we visited who are part of a network that allows you to pre-plan, pay in installments and take it all with you to another state if you move away... just a quick FYI.

I did mention to Lynda that I am planning to work on doing a collaboration with one of our local assisted living facilities offering gifts/quick shopping for their elderly clients. She mentioned that if I provide her with a brochure she would be sure to include it in the packets they take when they visit other assisted living facilities and retirement homes, collaborations can seem to pop up in the most unusual places.

To your networking success
Tina D.

P.S.

Quick tidbit, MJ's coffin/casket ran around 28,000 and was made with a brass covering that has to be polished 100 times to get it to shine the way it did.