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MFDA is the funeral director's professional community. Together we leverage our experience, expertise and influence to anticipate and address our issues, to build skills, to develop practical solutions to business problems, and to set the standard for quality service and ethical practice that will advance our profession.
Events
August 10, 2021 OSHA Training
We are offering our annual OSHA training sessions via webinar on the Zoom platform. The one-ho...
Professional Embalmers Session
Dominick J. Astorino is a licensed funeral director and embalmer in Michigan and Illinois. He...
2022 Celebrant Training
Now Scheduled for March 16-18, 2022 - Training is limited to 30 participants - Offer more to ...
Breaking News
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News You Can Use: July 30, 2021
This week we shared information about the latest mask-wearing guidance from Mass. DPH and how it's different from the CDC. It also includes: A legislative update about the summer recess; Information on student grants for our upcoming embalmers seminar; Updated FEMA Funeral Assistance Program flyers in 12 languages; New obituary deadlines; New population growth data; and Registration information and links for several upcoming programs.
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News You Can Use: July 23, 2021
This week we announce the upcoming, in-person Building a Better Business event: Embalming Seminar with Dominick Astorino, slated for Sept. 16 at the Mass. Medical Society. We also provide: Information for funeral home owners about sharing employee vaccination status; A report on a big life expectancy rate drop in 2020; Updates from the Massachusetts National Cemetery at Bourne; and the application for milestone awards.
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News You Can Use: July 16, 2021
This week we report on the testimony of our members on House Bill 2394 seeking vaccine equity in a public health emergency and the response of the Chairs of the Joint Committee on Public Health, which held the public hearing. We also: Outline next steps, now that the bill had its public hearing; Ask you to take a survey about EDRS; Include information about changing obituary deadlines at many Mass. newspapers; Encourage you to register for the NFSP webinar on cremation data and the next OSHA training; Share a request for research help from a Harvard graduate student.
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