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

Don't Miss Sunset in the Night of Lights Parade!

Don't miss our float in the Night of Lights Parade!

Downtown Danville Inc. and Downtown Rotary Club Present...

      WHAT:  Night of Lights Holiday Parade

       DATE:  Thursday - November 19, 2009

        TIME:  6:30pm

LOCATION:  Downtown Danville

Paws in Motion Success!

The first annual Paws in Motion pet walk fundraiser for the Verm. Co. Animal Shelter Foundation was a big success with beautiful weather for our furry friends to show their stuff!  Thanks to everyone involved and all who came to support!

To donate to Vermilion County Animal Shelter Foundation click here http://www.vermilioncountyanimalshelter.com

Sunset Sponsors Covington's Tree Replacement Fund

At Sunset, we believe in community. Recent events have cost Covington a major part of their community...the trees.  By donating to WICF-Inc, we can all do our part in growing with the community.

About the Western Indiana Community Foundation  (WICF-Inc)  The Western Indiana Community Foundation is a public charity, founded in 1990, conceived by a group of citizens whose desire is to use donated monies for the betterment of their communities. The Foundation shares the same dream as its forefathers: prosperity, expansion, and enhancement for its citizens. The Foundation has three separate and distinct affiliate funds serving their geographical areas (school district boundaries), which consist of the:

• Attica Community Foundation
  
• Covington Community Foundation
  
• Southeast Fountain Community Foundation  (www.wicf-inc.org)
  

Covington Tree Replacement Fund  Donations to this fund will provide support to the City of Covington to facilitate and encourage planting of replacement and additional new trees in qualifying areas of the community. (www.wicf-inc.org)

"Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago."  Warren Buffett

To help better Covington's community by replacing trees click here. http://www.wicf-inc.org