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Caring Bridge
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Caring Bridge helps you and/or your friends and family create a free personal website to quickly share updates about your own or someone else's health journey. LINK
compassion and choices - oregon chapter
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Normalizing end-of-life care and choices.
Compassion and Choices is changing attitudes, practices and policies so that everyone can access the information and options they need to have more control and comfort at the end of life. LINK
DEATH CAFE
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What is a Death Cafe?
At a Death Cafe, people (often strangers), gather to eat cake, drink tea and discuss Death.
Our Objective is: 'to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives.'
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​DX Death Cafe

Regional Death Cafe News on Facebook
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deathwise - a CALIFORNIA site for preplanning end-of-life needs
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The Deathwise site offers comprehensive end-of-life tools for engaging family in making choices and planning for death in a wise and considered way.

An invaluable pre-planning resource.
​Link to Website.
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION - CONSUMER FUNERAL RIGHTS
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Your rights and options as a funeral consumer.
  • FTC Funeral Rule
  • Funeral Costs & Pricing Checklist
  • Types of Funerals
  • Choosing a Funeral Provider
  • Buying a Cemetery Site
  • Planning your own Funeral
  • Funeral Terms   LINK
Green burial council
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CERTIFICATION:
The Green Burial Council is the environmental certification organization setting the standard for green burial in North America. We offer environmental certificates for funeral homes, cemeteries and product manufacturers.


EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY:
We believe that the deathcare industry needs to embrace a new ethic for a new era. Our education and advocacy is helping organizations and individuals within this industry understand the environmental, societal and economic benefits of green burial. We hope to make “green” or “natural” burial the new standard within industry.

WHAT IS GREEN BURIAL?:
We believe burial is “green” only when it furthers legitimate environmental and societal aims such as protecting worker health, reducing carbon emissions, conserving natural resources, and preserving habitat.
Heart 2 Soul
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  • Funeral Planning
  • Traditions and Etiquette
  • Green Burial
  • Home Funeral Guide
  • Celebrations of Life
  • Coping with Grief and Loss
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Home Funeral Alliance
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The NHFA empowers families to care for their own dead by providing educational opportunities and connections to resources that promote environmentally sound and culturally nurturing death practices.

This is the place to find information about home funerals, including directories for where to find home funeral guides, home funeral education programs, home-funeral-friendly funeral directors, celebrants and clergy, and groups who will help families when needed.

​Our goal is to educate the public to their choices and provide clear information.
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OK to Die
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End of Life Planning

​At OK to Die, our goal is to educate and empower you with tools, checklists and resources. We want to hear your end-of-life stories and discuss your ideas or concerns. Whether you are visiting this site for yourself or another, we can prepare you. It can be OK to die."

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orphan wisdom
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​Wisdom on Life and Care of the Dying

The wisdom of Steven Jenkinson who shares what he has learned over 2 decades work with dying people and their families.


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People's memorial association (Washington state FCA affiliate)
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Wisdom on Life and Care of the Dying
The wisdom of Steven Jenkinson who shares what he has learned over 2 decades work with dying people and their families.
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Seven Ponds
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Embracing the end-of-life experience
A contemporary resource for those who wish to celebrate memory and personalize the end-of-life.
  • Planning Guide
  • Local Resources
  • Before Death
  • After Death
  • Media
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Songs of Love
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​The Songs of Love Foundation is a non-profit org. dedicated to providing personalized uplifting songs, free of charge, for children and teens facing touch medical, physical or emotional challenges.


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The Conversation project
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The Conversation Project is dedicated to helping people talk about their wishes for end-of-life care.
Wonderful tools for end of life planning:
  • Starter Kit
  • End of Life Stories
  • Community Resource Tools
  • How to host a conversation
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The National Funeral Consumers Alliance
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The goal of the funeral consumers alliance is to ensure consumers are fully prepared and protected when planning a funeral for themselves or for loved ones.  LINK
Donate Life northwest (body donation for science)
Learn more about whole body donation programs in Oregon. Arrangements are made with a specific medical school or research program.  LINK

DMA CHOICE - service to update mail preferences 
DMAchoice is a mail preference service that allows consumers to add or remove your name from mailing lists or put a deceased person's name on a do not contact list. Learn more on the DMAchoice website or view this helpful guide to get started.

Informative Publications
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Please Note: These publications are offered for informational purposes only.
•  BODY DISPOSITION OPTIONS

•  COMMON FUNERAL MYTHS

•  CONSUMER'S GUIDE TO CEMETERY PURCHASES

•  CREMATION EXPLAINED

•  DEATH AWAY FROM HOME

•  END OF LIFE PREPARATION LIST

•  FTC: COMPLYING WITH THE FUNERAL RULE

•  FTC: PAYING FINAL RESPECTS - CONSUMER RIGHTS

•  FTC: SHOPPING FOR FUNERAL SERVICES

•  HOW SOCIAL SECURITY CAN HELP WHEN SOMEONE DIES

•  OREGON DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY

•  OREGON ADVANCED DIRECTIVE

•  PLANNING A MEMORIAL

•  PLANNING FOR THE DEATH OF ANOTHER

•  ABOUT PREPAID FUNERAL PLANS

•  VETERANS FUNERAL AND BURIAL BENEFITS

•  WHAT IS A LIVING WILL?

•  WHAT TO DO WITH THE ASHES

•  ​WHEN SOMEONE HAS DIED: HANDLING ARRANGEMENTS

OFFICE HOURS:
Monday - Thursday
11:00 am - 2:00 pm

Oregon Memorial Association
PO Box 2646, Clackamas, OR, 97015 
503-647-5590  
​​www.omaoregon.org
omaoregon@gmail.com
Federal Tax ID No. 27-3092448

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