Funeral Consumers Alliance of Western Massachusetts
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We offer educational brochures on a variety of topics.
Brochures are free to members; however, your donation will help to offset our costs.
For non-members, we ask a donation of $1.00 for each title requested.
Make check payable to FCAWM and mail to
FCAWM, P. 0. Box 994, Greenfield, MA 01302-0994
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Name(s):______________________________________________________________

Address:______________________________________________________________

City: ______________________________State _____________Zip: ______________

Phone Number: ____________________

Date: _______________________

Check title(s) desired and total at the bottom.

From the FCA's Smoothing the Way series:

_____...Beat the High Cost of Funerals: Benefits of Membership In a Funeral Consumer Group

_____...Common Funeral Myths

_____...Cremation Explained: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions

_____...Death Away From Home

_____...Death in One State, Burial in Another (plus, What You Should Know About Bereavement Airfares)

_____...Did You Forget?: The Most Important Part of Funeral Planning

_____...Earth Burial: A Tradition in Simplicity

_____...EcoFriendly Death and Funeral Choices

_____...The Funeral Consumer Movement: From One Local Society to a National Voice

_____...Guide to Funeral Planning: Affordable Options

_____...How to File a Funeral or Cemetery Complaint

_____...How to Help Grieving People: What You Can Say, What You Can Do

_____...How to Plan a Memorial Service

_____...How to Read a General Price List (GPL)

_____...Lay Me to Rest in a Plain Pine Box: One Mother's Letter to Her Children

_____...Light, Like the Sun, by Frances Newton (an essay on cremation)

_____...No One Wants to Talk About Death: How to Help

_____...Organ and Body Donation: A Gift to Science

_____...Prepaying Your Funeral: Benefits and Dangers

_____...Recycle Your Medical Devices

_____..."Simple and Cheap" My Father Said, by Josephine Black Pesarsi, daughter of Supreme Court Justice Hugo Black

_____...Starting a Funeral Committee in Your Congregation

_____...Ten Tips for Saving Funeral Dollars

_____...Twelve Reasons Why People Spend "Too Much" for a Funeral

_____...Understanding the Tricks of the Funeral Trade: Self-Defense for Consumers

_____...Veterans' Funeral and Burial Benefits (including Spouses and Dependent Children): What You Get and What You Don't

_____...Viewing and Visitation: The Difference

_____...What Shall We Do with the Ashes (Cremains)?

_____...What You Should Know About Embalming

From our own Western Massachusetts affiliate of the FCA

_____...The Cremation Option in Western Massachusetts

_____...Funeral Home Price List

_____...Funeral or Cremation Checklist


_____...Total number of brochures requested..............$_____...Donation amount enclosed

(Make check payable to FCAWM; mail to P. 0. Box 994, Greenfield, MA 01302-0994. Thank you!)