February 2023 Newsletter

February 2023 Newsletter

Message from our President

Hi All,

I hope everyone is doing well!

As a reminder, our Suppliers Expo will be held on Thursday, March 16 at Casa Mia at the Hawthorne, Berlin, CT. Registration forms have gone out via email and mail. Please return them with your check before February 24^th! Forms are below if you need them:

Letter to Cemeterians
Registration Form for Cemeterians
Letter to Supplier Partners
Registration Form for Supplier Partners
Sponsorship for Supplier Partners

Our three Platinum sponsors are The Davey Tree Expert Company, SavATree and SiteOne Landscape Supply. We are so fortunate that our Supplier Partners support CCA. Gold and Silver sponsorships are still available.

We have contracted with Map-Agency, Inc. to create our revised and revamped website. The company will be working on a new logo for CCA as well. Assuming all goes according to plan, the website should go live sometime in late April. I’m excited about this project!

As always, should you have any question, please give me a call at 203.733.4562.

Best,
Maureen Crick Owen
President

Growing CCA Membership

For those that attended our annual meeting last October, you know one of our goals for 2023 is to increase our membership in CCA. Lisa Vaeth, Pam Brown, Dale Fiore and Maureen Crick Owen are the subcommittee spearheading this initiative.

We are in the process of creating a list of cemeteries in Connecticut and will do a mailing. We will then follow up with those cemeteries by giving them a call to see if they have interest in joining. We are in the process of reaching out to the Town Clerks to obtain a list of municipal cemeteries and are reaching out to them.

But we could use your help too! We created a Referral Program. Refer a new Cemeterian or Supplier Partner to CCA. If they sign up as a CCA member, we will send you a $25 Amazon gift card. A little incentive for helping us!

While our Suppliers Expo is for members only, we would be happy to have prospective new members join us to find out what CCA is about. Reach out to another Cemeterian that you know and “bring a friend” to the Expo. CCA will pay the cost for that person to attend the Suppliers Expo (guest cannot be from your own cemetery or company).

We would appreciate your assistance in this initiative!

CONNECTICUT PENDING LEGISLATION

Our Connecticut State Senators and Representatives are in session at the Capitol and conducting business. The following proposed bills involve the cemetery industry:

Proposed Bill No. 521
Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by: SEN. ANWAR, 3rd Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE PLACEMENT OF FLAGS AND CEMETERY OPERATING HOURS DURING CERTAIN HOLIDAYS.

Proposed Bill No. 5010
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by: REP. DENNING, 42nd Dist.

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE USE OF TERRAMATION FOR HUMAN REMAINS.

Proposed Bill No. 5029
Referred to Committee on JUDICIARY
Introduced by: REP. ROSARIO, 128th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE PAYMENT OF FUNERAL AND BURIAL EXPENSES ON BEHALF OF CHILDREN WHO ARE VICTIMS OF GUN VIOLENCE.

Proposed H.B. No. 5193
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by: REP. FONCELLO, 107th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE MANAGEMENT, CARE AND ADMINISTRATION OF CEMETERIES BY THE STATE ON BEHALF OF CEMETERY ASSOCIATIONS PURSUING DISSOLUTION.

If you have any questions about any of these proposed bills, please reach out to the Board.

Proposed Bills 521 and 5010 are in the News

The Hartford Courant had an article regarding Proposed Bill 521. Ron Shea, one of our CCA members was quoted in this article. The article is about placement of flags and cemetery operating hours during certain holidays. Click here to read the article.

The Danbury News-Times had an article regarding Proposed Bill 5010. Again, one of our CCA members - Pam Brown - was quoted in this article. This article is regarding terramation for human remains. Click here to read the article.

REMINDER - SUPPLIERS EXPO

Please make sure you get your registration form and check in before February 24th. You can find the forms at the beginning of this newsletter. The details for the day are:

Expo Date: Thursday, March 16, 2023

Location:    Casa Mia at the Hawthorne, 2421 Berlin Turnpike, Berlin, CT

Time:          9:30 – 10:30 a.m. - Registration and Expo Opens (coffee and pastry)
                   10:30 – 11:30 a.m. - Supplier Demonstrations
                   11:30 – 12:00 p.m. - Expo remains open
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. - Lunch (hot buffet lunch)
                   1:00 – 1:30 p.m. - Raffle and announcements

Our Supplier Partners can set up starting at 8:30 a.m.

Please join us for this great event! Meet our Supplier Partners, learn about their products/services and network with our cemeterians!

Our Supplier Members

Connecticut Cemetery Association Website

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New Haven, CT 06519

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