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NFDA Launches Mobile App for 2015 Advocacy SummitApp will be useful to members beyond the event itself For Immediate Release: February 27, 2015 Brookfield, Wis. – Following the release of its successful 2014 International Convention & Expo smartphone application, the National Funeral Directors Association has launched its Advocacy Summit App, which serves as a comprehensive guide for this annual event and offers a variety of resources to help members connect with federal legislators. The 2015 Advocacy Summit will take place March 3-5 in Washington, D.C. 2015 NFDA Advocacy Summit: Issue Briefs and Talking PointsPosted: February 27, 2015 While NFDA members are in Washington, D.C., for the 2015 Advocacy Summit (March 3-5), they will be urging Congress to pass legislation on a number of issues that will help grieving families plan meaningful funerals for their loved ones. Following are issue briefings and talking points for the key issues on which NFDA members will be advocacting. NFDA Members to Urge Congress to Pass Legislation to Help Social Security Recipients and War HeroesFor Immediate Release: February 27, 2015 Brookfield, Wis. – When members of the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) are in Washington, D.C., next week, they will urge their elected representatives to pass legislation that will help the families of Social Security recipients and fallen service members honor their loved ones with meaningful funerals. The association is hosting its annual Advocacy Summit in the nation's capital March 3-5. Reminder: Professional Women’s Conference Scholarship Applications Due March 1The Funeral Service Foundation will award up five scholarships to the 2015 NFDA Professional Women's Conference; scholarships will cover recipients' conference registration fees and provide a $1,000 travel and accommodation stipend. Please visit the Funeral Service Foundation website, www.funeralservicefoundation.org or call 877-402-5900, for more information and to request an application form. Applications are due March 1. 2015 Lincoln Funeral Train to Commemorate 150th Anniversary of President’s Assassination and FuneralNext month, thousands of Americans will learn about about the life, death and funeral of President Abraham Lincoln through the 2015 Lincoln Funeral Train. This initiative, lead by the Historic Railroad Equipment Association (HREA), will recreate the funeral procession by train that took the slain president's body from Washington, D.C., to his home of Springfield, Ill. |