Enrollment Form*

Benefits
• Welcome packets with end-of-life and funeral-planning information, including planning forms that when filled out will provide families with specific instructions about desired funeral arrangements
• The Alliance Newsletter, published twice a year—a continuing source of information about death care planning and customs and the funeral industry from a consumer’s perspective.
• Access to benefits of membership in affiliates of the national Funeral Consumers Alliance throughout the U.S. This access can help if you move or die away from home.
• The satisfaction of supporting an organization committed to consumer
education and protection.
• Peace of mind knowing that you have made it easier for survivors to make arrangements at the time of your death.

Service opportunities for members
• Funeral planning presentations
• Funeral price survey: collection of price lists, extraction and publication of price data
• Monitoring the website and email discussion list of the national Funeral
Consumers Alliance for developments of interest to consumers in the Finger Lakes region
• Monitoring the progress of state legislation that affects funeral consumers; alerting the Board of Directors to needed action
• Contacting legislators about funeral consumer issues
• Newsletter preparation: writing articles, editing, layout
• Placing Alliance brochures in public sites, senior living facilities, etc.
• Participation in policy and activity decisions by serving on the Board of Directors
• Member mailings
• Website maintenance

To apply for membership, complete an Enrollment Form* for each person.

*The enrollment form is in Portable Document Format (*.pdf) and requires the Adobe Acrobat Reader to view or download and print it. If you have difficulty downloading the form, ask the Alliance office (info@imsfca.org) to send the required number of copies to you.

Please note: Each person who may incur responsibility for the member's funeral arrangements should be given a copy of the member's funeral planning form and should be familiar with the plans and instructions shown on the form. A copy of the completed form should also be kept in an accessible location with the member's other personal documents. If a member makes advance arrangements with a funeral home, a copy of the completed planning form should be placed there.

Additional Information. To make your end of life wishes known and honored, see End-of-Life Health Care Planning.

If you wish to donate your body to an anatomical gift program (medical school or other organization), see About Anatomical Gifts

Contact us if you would like to speak to us if you have any questions about the Funeral Consumers Alliance of the Finger Lakes or information in this site.