With both subtle and more progressive approaches, you can reach out to the veterans in your community to educate them on their entitled benefits, to recognize their service, and to honor their legacy.
Check out the available programs and services below designed to bring more veterans in to your funeral home and to position your firm as the choice for veterans and their families in your community.
The Veterans Planning Guide provides veterans with the means of recording their final wishes as well as the necessary applications and forms for joining Veterans' organizations and obtaining government benefits.
It is an all inclusive guide for veterans that serves as an excellent resource for planning ahead and is a great accompaniment for both Thirteen Folds Lite and Advanced programs.
Click on the image below to learn more about the Library of Congress's Veterans History Project.
A moving and informational video customized to your funeral home illustrates why the veterans in your community call your funeral home and can position your funeral home within the social media networks of YouTube, Twitter and Facebook. The video can also be placed on your funeral home website.
You can honor the veterans in your community by sending cards recognizing them for their service on days of remembrance. On days such as Memorial Day and Veterans' Day, a heartfelt note will establish feelings of goodwill and position your funeral home as a valuable resource for the veterans and their families in your community.
Using the Aurora Atneed Delivery Model, you can create meaningful tributes for veterans that leave lasting impressions on their loved ones.
From a Veterans Wall Display to obituaries recognizing the branch of service with a watermarked service badge to limousine decals and personalized flag cases, there are numerous small acts of service that will commemorate veterans in ways that leave a lasting impression and are unforgettable by their loved ones.
A specialized letter mailed only to veterans will speak to them in a way that is more meaningful than a “one size fits all” approach, and will provide great advertising for your firm. By educating veterans on the benefits to which they are entitled, you will position your funeral home as “The Choice” for veterans in your community and will significantly increase your preplanned and prefunded funerals.
The Library of Congress' Veterans History Project was commissioned in 2000 to capture and preserve the stories and memories of veterans from all war conflicts so future generations will never forget the sacrifice of our nation's heroes.
A customized P.R. kit will help you host and promote events at your funeral home through local television, newspaper, and direct mail. Veterans in your community will be invited to come and share their stories, photographs, and memories from wartime, which can be recorded and produced as a memoir.
These events will provide coveted media coverage of your facilities and the strides you are taking to honor the veterans in your community.
Our “Remember When . . .” seminar package takes attendees on a journey through the past and brings them to the present with a powerful presentation that encourages veterans to pass memories on from one generation to the next. Hosted at local veterans clubs and organizations, the program will leave attendees with a feeling of nostalgia for the past and resolve for planning for the future.