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David Hernandez recently shared his insights on the Funeral Service Foundation in a blog post. Read his comments to learn more about the foundation’s impact on the community and funeral service education.
As funeral professionals, we are always looking for ways to connect and help families. Funeral homes across the country everyday run programs to educated and provide resources to families before and after a death, from preneed programs, aftercare mailers, hotlines, seminars, and holiday events, you name it a funeral home has tried it. Our team felt the need to take what has been used in the past and find a way to deliver it in a new way that would engage families but maintain our core philosophy of “Ministry to the Bereaved”. With this new approach in mind our team at Waitt Funeral Home & Cremation Service would gather for creative sessions and brainstorming ideas and concepts. However, we just couldn’t settle on any ideas, until one day an idea popped into our head and off, we went.
The International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards convened a committee to recommend the passing standard for the National Board Arts and Sciences Exams on October 25-27, 2022. Licensees representing diverse backgrounds in funeral service provide subject matter expertise to set the benchmark for the expected level of performance for a minimally competent exam candidate.
Michael V. Grandi, CFSP, a funeral director with Old Bridge, Waitt, & Bedle Funeral Homes in Morganville, New Jersey, has recently qualified for recertification of the designation of Certified Funeral Service Practitioner (CFSP), by the Academy of Professional Funeral Service Practice.
Brookfield, Wis. – David Hernandez Jr. of Jersey Memorial Group with locations throughout New Jersey and Pennsylvania was one of three leading funeral directors who served as mentors for the National Funeral Directors Association’s (NFDA) Meet the Mentors program. Meet the Mentors, which took place March 12-14 in Atlanta, Georgia, brought new funeral service professionals together to learn from some of the country’s leading funeral directors and to network with like-minded peers.
NFDA hosted its latest Future’s Forum, a highly focused, forward-looking session held on an as-needed basis to tackle serious challenges impacting funeral service providers. The goal of Future’s Forum 2023 was to develop new growth and innovation strategies funeral providers could use to overcome current revenue challenges, increasing costs and staffing shortages. In the spirit of that theme, host, Gabe Schauf is sitting down with Brie Smith, Erica Hill, and David Hernandez Jr to learn how they are looking to the future and modifying and innovating at their funeral homes for the better.
Old Bridge Township through Old Bridge TV has collaborated with business leader and entrepreneur David L. Hernandez Jr as a contributor and co-host of a monthly program named Bridge to Business, announced Business Administrator Himanshu Shah. Beginning the May, Mr. Hernandez will provide expert business analysis on local business and business leaders from the town and region on Old Bridge TV and township social media platforms.
Cremation has become very popular in America, but do you know the many options that are available to you? Most of us don’t, so if you have been considering cremation, please listen to this segment of SCAN FYI for important details on the subject. Do yourself and your family a favor, and take the time to have a consultation with Michael Grandi, VP of Operations of Jersey Memorial Group to get the facts.
Most people are unfamiliar with what a funeral agent is, but having one can make the funeral process go smoothly for your next of kin. It may seem morbid to discuss this, but is part of the modern reality that our final wishes are not always carried out as we had intended. Having a funeral agent ensures your wishes are fulfilled to the letter.
Meet David Lee Hernandez, Founder and CEO of Old Bridge, Waitt, & Bedle Funeral Homes as he explains the purpose of a funeral agent.
It’s a choice you may not have thought about – do you want to be buried or cremated? There are good reasons for each choice, and the fact is that cremation has become significantly more popular over the years. But what is right for you? Mike Grandi of Jersey Memorial Group helps us evaluate the pros and cons of each choice so you can make an informed decision. And most important of all, be sure to share your decision with your loved ones so they can carry out your wishes.
