In Your Community

There are a variety of events you can host in your community, whether at your funeral home or in a community center or other gathering place. Here are a few ideas to get you started.

Classes, Workshops and Events

• Show the “Value of a Funeral” PSA and “Funerals Are For the Living” PSA and then hold a discussion about the value of a funeral. Invite participants to talk about meaningful funerals they’ve attended; discuss how they would want to be remembered, and how they would want to pay tribute to their loved ones. Request embed codes.

• Partner with a suicide expert in your community to give a presentation/hold a discussion about suicide. If suicide is affecting young people in your community, consider partnering with a school and the school counselors to hold an event in the school. 
• Invite attendees to put a memory in a memory jar, which can be read at the end of the session.

• Invite families in your community to come to your funeral home and have the talk of a lifetime with fellow community members. 
• Facilitate a discussion about how the answers to the questions might inspire creative ideas for a funeral.

• Partner with a grief therapist to guide attendees in how to begin journaling. 
• Give each attendee a Remembering A Life Grief Journal.

• Partner with an aromatherapist to educate attendees about essential oils and how they can use them during their grief journey. 
• Provide each attendee with the Remembering A Life Essential Oil Roller. 
• Consider incorporating yoga into the session. Many yoga instructors also use aromatherapy as part of their practice.

• Partner with someone who can lead a group in guided meditation. 
• Invite families who experienced a loss during the last month or quarter. 
• Give each participant a Remembering A Life Essential Oil Roller.

• Invite family members and friends of loved ones who have died to embellish a memory jar with photos and mementos of their loved one. (If you aren’t crafty, invite someone who is to facilitate the workshop.) 
• Give each attendee a Remembering A Life Memory Jar. 
• Provide basic supplies such as stickers, Mod Podge glue/sealer, paint, etc., and ask participants to bring photos and other mementos.

• Show one (or more) of the Remembering A Life legacy films and host a discussion about remembering loved ones and honoring the lives of people who have died. Request embed codes.
• Partner with local experts on drug overdose, suicide, etc., to facilitate a talk-back discussion after each film (if you choose to show those films). Do not personally facilitate discussions of a sensitive nature unless you are specifically trained to do so. 
• Create a film-festival atmosphere by offering popcorn, movie theater candy and other refreshments.

• Invite a local filmmaker or videographer to share tips for creating your own legacy film. 
• Show the Remembering A Life legacy films. Request embed codes.
• Provide each participant with the Remembering A Life How-to Guide for Legacy Filmmaking.

• Give each attendee at your annual/quarterly remembrance service a small gift, such as the Remembering A Life Candle or Essential Oil Roller. 
• Invite each attendee to talk about a particularly meaningful aspect of the funeral held for their loved one.