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  • If you desire information on living wills, advanced health directives, or medical donations;

  • If you believe in honoring the dead while serving the living, comforting the bereaved, and honoring the life passed in a simple, dignified and affordable manner;

  • If you wish to spare your family and friends the pressures of making significant decisions at a time of sorrow and emotional stress;

  • If you want to have some control over the manner and content of your last rites by thoughtful planning in advance;

  • Then consider membership in The Funeral Consumer Alliance of Connecticut, Inc.

 

 

What is the Funeral Consumer Alliance?

We are a non-profit, non-sectarian, all volunteer organization dedicated solely to providing information on end-of-life decisions. We are affiliated with the national Funeral Consumers Alliance, which coordinates over 150 State and local groups.  We were incorporated in December of 1997, and received our 50l(c)(3) status in 1998 (which means donations are tax deductible).  We cover all of Connecticut, and our goal is to help our members and the general public to make informed, affordable choices in accordance with their personal beliefs.

We are not in the funeral business, we do not merchandize anything, we do not sell "pre-need" insurance, and we do not stress a particular approach.  We do not use "cooperating" funeral and cremation establishments.  Instead, our goal is to help members and the general public make end-or-life choices reflecting their own philosophy and purse.

We do encourage everyone to plan ahead.  Although people frequently express a desire for simple, dignified services, and inexpensive disposition of the body, these requests are often forgotten or ignored.  Grief, social custom, and the need to make immediate decisions without sufficient information often cause survivors to agree to arrangements that neither comfort the bereaved, nor reflect the wishes of the deceased.  As a result, survivors may spend more than necessary.

FCA has forms to deal with issues including living wills, financial organization, and body, organ and tissue donation.  We also have a variety of pamphlets on burial, cremation, funeral and memorial services and costs.  Members receive a funeral/cremation price survey of establishments in their area, as well as newsletters and special mailings (some of our articles are available online).  FCA also offers speakers on end-of-life decisions for meetings and workshops.

Membership:

Membership is open to all (except, of course, those in the funeral industry) with a lifetime membership fee set at $35 for an individual, or $50 for a family (includes spouse/partner, and minor, disabled, or elderly dependents.)  Membership is transferable to another affiliate if you move out of state.  As a new nonprofit group, we rely on membership fees and donations to cover mailing, printing, phone and research costs. 

Members receive:

  • pamphlets and forms appropriate for Connecticut;

  • phone consultations;

  • newsletters with updated information on FCA, legal, and end-of-life issues;

  • specific price surveys for funeral and cremation services in your area.

Please join us today:

Contact Information:

For more information, contact:

Funeral Consumer Alliance of Connecticut Inc. [FCA of CT Inc.]

P.O. Box 34, Bridgewater, CT 06752

(800) 607-2801         (860) 355-4197

FCAofCT@aol.com

 

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