Cremation Association of North America

Last Call: 2025 Presentations Due Sunday, December 1! Submit your presentation proposal to speak at the 107th Annual Convention at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix on August 6-8, 2025. Successful proposals will be those committed to what makes a CANA Convention unique: practical tips and tools for funeral professionals from a variety of backgrounds, business models, and career stages. Act soon! The deadline is Sunday, December 1. Learn more and submit your proposal: https://lnkd.in/gFz5mgp6

"Fitted with porcelain floors and floor-to-ceiling resting spaces, Legacy Chapel [of CANA Member Arlington Memorial Park] includes a combination of 1,900 niches and 800 crypts with options for family members to rest in peace together, adjacent to an indoor-outdoor event space for funeral gatherings and receptions." https://lnkd.in/gBRAU8Mi

Building your business success starts before first call. Looking to improve at every step of family service and support? The 2025 Cremation Symposium shows how. Registration is open to attend and sponsor CANA's 2025 Symposium at Paris Las Vegas Hotel & Casino on February 26-28, 2025! Check it out: https://lnkd.in/g4pazkHn

Grief brings sideways turns, unpredictability and huge obstacles, and no two journeys are the same. But sometimes, we forget to extend ourselves and our colleagues the same grace that we give our grieving families. Tonight’s virtual Funeral Professionals Peer Support meeting with Kelly Manion at 8pm EST / 7pm CST / 5pm PST is time that we can talk about our own emotions while we’re serving grieving families. Join the conversation: https://lnkd.in/gM5wE7FS

“'This is a whole new way that they can permanently memorialize someone and give other family members a place to come and pay their respects,' [Drew Kraft, manager at CANA Member Kraft Funeral Service & Kraft-Graceland Memorial Park Service] said. "The garden includes a community columbarium, or a structure with niches for funeral urns. It also has companion spaces and burial spaces." https://lnkd.in/gQ_aiKWA

That's a wrap on in-person crematory operations training for 2024! Many thanks to Tom Krowl and Wendy Russell Wiener for sharing their expertise and Implant Recycling for sponsoring our meal breaks. Congratulations to everyone who could join us! Still need to get CANA Certified? The Online COCP is on-demand and at your pace so you can earn your crematory operations certification on your schedule. Plus, it's available in English, Spanish, and French! Learn more and register: https://lnkd.in/gEn2peeF

Grief is messy and difficult and something funeral professionals see every day. At times, this can overwhelm even the most experienced of us with our own grief. This month’s virtual Funeral Professionals Peer Support meeting on Tuesday, November 19, 2024 at 8pm EST / 7pm CST / 5pm PST with Kelly Manion focuses on supporting our own emotions while we’re serving grieving families. Join the conversation: https://lnkd.in/gM5wE7FS

It is not too early to prepare your business for winter weather events – even if you currently see blue skies and not a snowflake in sight. Regulatory Support Services offers 8 ways you can prepare your employees for the winter weather ahead as the latest entry in the CANA Cremation Logs blog: https://lnkd.in/gYH92YVK

"Timber Run Reserve [of CANA Member Fairmount Memorial Association] was envisioned less as a cemetery than a self-contained park. In its center is a grassy knoll where families can picnic, have a nice day out and maybe bring along their dog to see its final resting place." https://lnkd.in/gHxefeAE

CANA Executive Director Barbara Kemmis, goes Beyond Cremation with The Logistics and Science of Dispositions on November 19 on the International Order of the Golden Rule webinar! Register to attend: