Sunset joins national organization to collect donations for Haiti relief

Danville, IL – On January 12, 2010, a devastating earthquake hit Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The question is how can those of us who are thousands of miles away help?
Sunset Funeral Home locations in Danville and Georgetown, Illinois, are accepting donations to aid in the earthquake recovery efforts. Sunset Funeral Home takes great pride in caring for families at a time of loss. We need your help to support the many Haitian families that need us at this time of tremendous loss.
Your donation will go to the Funeral Service Foundation, a non-profit organization whose mission is to increase public awareness and education of funeral services and the improvement of children's lives.
Sunset understands the power of many small pieces coming together to create something strong. Individual contributions are important and become much more powerful when they are combined. Not only will we be proud of the funds that we raise in our communities, but we will be able to take pride in our part of the contribution powered by caring funeral homes across the country.
Please make checks out to the Funeral Service Foundation. We will be accepting donations in our Danville and Georgetown locations Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., and Saturday, 8 a.m. – noon. Those who donate will receive a memorial wristband for showing their compassion for those in need.
Sunset Funeral Home
3940 N. Vermilion St
Danville, IL 61834
(217) 442-2874
Sunset's Houghton Leasure
Funeral Chapel
200 E. West Street
Georgetown, IL 61846
(217) 662-6700

Trigard Personal Touch™ removes intimidation from vault selection process



Danville, IL - Trigard is proud to announce the launch of their new Personal Touch™ program. Trigard introduced the program at the 2009 National Funeral Directors Association convention in Boston.

The Personal Touch™ program is available on an exclusive touch screen kiosk to help families select a personalized burial vault based on characteristics of a loved one. The program can be customized for each individual funeral home and can also be downloaded on to a laptop or desktop computer. “Many people are not informed about what a vault is and why they need one. It is our job to educate them. The Personal Touch™ program will help get that important information out to the families we serve,” said Linda-Darby Sempsrott, Chief Executive Officer.

The Personal Touch™ program provides personalization by having the choice of adding with honors option or an appliqué. Seeing the personalized vault is what sets this program above the rest. It makes it easy for families to visualize the vault because it is right in front of them.

Angel Jett, Marketing and Graphic Design Specialist and co-developer of the Personal Touch software said, “When I see the burial vault options come to life on screen, I realize more and more how vital this process will be to a family and to funeral directors. The selection process can feel overwhelming to a grieving family. Instead of making decisions based on urgency and cost, this program guides families through the process and focuses on what makes a loved one unique.”

To learn more about Trigard's Personal Touch™ go to: www.trigard.com