Grant to fund major research on how to attract bright, talented
individuals to funeral service (Pontone Family Fund, Batesville
Casket Company Fund, Schoedinger Funeral & Cremation Service
Fund, Patterson-Barclay Foundation Fund, Carmon Community Funeral
Homes Family Fund)
Grant to fund the
Southern Illinois University research study “Occupational Typology
and Satisfaction of Licensed Funeral Service Professionals (Funeral
Service Management Fund)
Grant to support the
building of the New Orleans Katrina Memorial (Disaster Relief
Fund)
Grant to support the
National Alliance for Grieving Children (Homesteaders Life
Company Fund in Honor of Daniel M. Voecks, Ruck Family Memorial
Fund, Children's Fund)
Grant to support the
Arlington National Cemetery Commemorative Project “Where Valor
Rests” (Unrestricted Hand in Hand Endowment Fund)
Grant to support the
Order of the Golden Rule's National Family Appreciation Month
program (Unrestricted Hand in Hand Endowment Fund)
Five scholarships
to women attending NFDA's Professional Women's Conference (NFDA
Professional Women's Conference Fund)
Seven scholarships
to mortuary science school students (Key Memories Fund,
Joseph E. Hagan Memorial Scholarship Fund)
Grant for Funeral
Service Help Line for consumers (Schoedinger Funeral &
Cremation Service Fund)
Grant for Calvary
Hospital bereavement programs (Pontone Family Fund)
Grant to Lynn Meadows
Discovery Center (Children's Fund)
Grant to Sri Lanka
Tsunami Disaster Relief (Disaster Relief Fund)
Grant to support the
featured speaker, and two scholarships to the NFDA Family Business
Conference (Funeral Service Management Fund)
Five scholarships
to individuals attending NFDA's Professional Women's Conference
(NFDA Professional Women's Conference Fund)
Eight scholarships
to mortuary science school students (Key Memories Fund,
Joseph E. Hagan Memorial Scholarship Fund)
Two scholarships to
allied professionals attending the Association of Applied and
Therapeutic Humor Conference (Homesteaders Life Fund In
Honor of Daniel M. Voecks)
