What do we offer our members? Find out below!
“As the old saying goes, this is a men’s club. But not any more!”
Funeral service has been dominated by men – but that’s changing. And AWFP is here to support the hundreds of women who are venturing into this long-dominated field.
Welcome to the only association for women funeral service professionals. We exist to provide you with resources, tools, and networking opportunities to empower you to do the work you love, and live the best possible life: to strengthen the presence of women in funeral service. Our members include women who are:
- Licensed Directors and Embalmers
- Licensed Cemetery Owners/Operators
- Licensed Crematory Owners/Operators
- Celebrants
- Funeral Assistants
- Funeral Home Administrative Support Staff
- Apprentices and Interns
- Mortuary College Students
- Owners of Funeral Service-Related Supply/Service Companies
- Licensed Pre-Need Planning Consultants
Membership dues are $120.00/year for women who are in the following categories:
- Funeral Directors
- Embalmers
- Cemetery Owners and Operators
- Crematory Owners and Operators
- Owners of Funeral Service-Related Supply/Service Companies
- Licensed Pre-Need Planning Consultants
As an AWFP member, you’ll gain the networking and mentoring opportunities with women in the field, unavailable to you within the college setting. You’ll also be given well-rounded support tools and resources to enhance your education.
Pay by Check
You may send a check for your annual membership dues to:
Association of Women Funeral Professionals
12949 Irwin Way
Boulder Creek, CA. 95006
Please provide all contact details including: Full Name, Firm/College Name, Physical Address, Your Firm’s Web site address, and your personal or professional email address.
You’re Taking Back Your Rightful Place
As you all know, in America’s early days, women were much more likely to be the ones most intimately involved with caring for the dead. It was women who washed, shaved and dressed corpses for quick burial services, a necessity before refrigeration or modern embalming techniques took hold.
But the Civil War changed everything. Instead of mothers or wiveswomen, male “experts” took dominion over caring for the dead. For the past 144 years, it’s been the rare woman who came into funeral service. But, that’s changing.
Get the Support You Need to Succeed
“As the old saying goes, this is a men’s club.” So said one candid young female funeral director I contacted. She echoed the feelings of other women in funeral service: that it was a challenging place to be, but that she wouldn’t be or do anything else. “I gave up a career making 4 times the salary but I feel this is the place I need to be.”
It is for her, and for you, that I founded this association. It is my goal to nurture you, as you care for others. Teleseminars and Webinars with leading life coaches and self-development leaders, networking opportunities, and mentoring relationships through Mastermind groups will all serve to provide you with the means to live healthy, centered lives, while doing the work you are called to do.
Membership dues are affordable, and the rewards plentiful.
Membership Benefits
- Bi-weekly email newsletters with valuable, practical information you can apply that very day to change the way you live at work, home, and at play.
- Beautiful lapel pin
- A digital AWFP logo to put on your firm’s website, to show your affiliation with, and support of, women in funeral service. It’s an easy way to show your firm’s commitment to excellence in funeral service.
- Monthly podcasts on topics of interest to women funeral professionals
- Opportunities for free or low-cost continuing education courses
- Mastermind groups: open to professionals with five years experience
- Mentoring Program: for mortuary college students, apprentices, or other women with less than five years experience
- A free Website analysis, done by a leader in funeral home Website design – a $125.00 value!
- Discounts on website and graphic design services
- $100 of free credits for the Life Tributes software suite, from funeralOne
- A State-based listing in the “Women in Funeral Service Locator Pages,” available to all who search the Internet looking for women funeral service professionals. The listing includes your name, funeral home name, address, phone number and URL.
- For vendors and suppliers, a listing on our Recommended Vendors page
