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Gift of Hope offers education on the donation process to funeral home staff, embalmers, coroners, pathologists and other death care and law enforcement professionals.
Contact your Gift of Hope Partner Relations liaison to learn more about programs and resources described below.
Upcoming Events for Funeral Professionals
Webinar: Optimizing Tissue Recovery to Meet Surgical Needs
Register to attend this upcoming webinar.
“Optimizing Tissue Recovery to Meet Surgical Needs”
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
1:30 – 2:45 p.m. CST
1.5 EMB continuing education credits will be provided.
Learn how the recovery of donated tissue has evolved with surgical advances, why specific tissues are recovered, and how donated tissue can be transformed for use in healing and life-saving surgery.
Presenters include:
Kelly Patrick, MS, CTBS – Recovery Partner Director, Community Tissue Services
Jeff Wiggins – Senior Manager, Training and Education, Donor Services
Chasity Pla, CTBS, FDE – Funeral Director Liaison, Gift of Hope Organ & Tissue Donor Netowork
Check back for details as forensic and funeral service programs are announced.
Past Events
If you are a funeral director interested in more information, please e-mail Chasity Dodd, Partner Relations Liaison.
McHenry County Funeral Director Conference
Funeral service professionals enjoyed a day of continuing education and networking in McHenry County. This event was co-sponsored by the McHenry County Coroner’s Office and Gift of Hope.
From Donor to Recipient: Clinical Uses of Dermal Allografts webinar
Attendees learned how donated organs are matched with people awaiting translpants and clinical uses for allografts from tissue donors.
Kane County Funeral Director Conference
Funeral service professionals enjoyed a day of continuing education and networking in Kane County. This event was co-sponsored by the Kane County Coroner’s Office and Gift of Hope.
Interpersonal Skills for Funeral Arranging webinar
Funeral service professionals learned to elimite barriers to effective communication, build trust, improve helping skills and more.
Donation and the Funeral Director: Honoring a family’s wishes
Funeral service professionals learned about the donation recovery process and specialized embalming techniques.
Check back for details as forensic and funeral service programs are announced.
Funeral director newsletter
Click here for the latest issue of our newsletter for funeral service professionals.
Funeral Director Newsletter for December 2022
Funeral Director Webinar March 21, 2023
Request materials
Contact your Gift of Hope representative to request materials to give away or to use at your funeral home when supporting organ & tissue donors families. Items available include brochures, bracelets and vehicle magnets.
