Endorsed SuppliersSelected to match your needs for profitability! Access Financial Group Interment Trust Services
For nearly 30 years, Access Financial Group has managed the Golden Rule® Funeral Trust, providing pre-need trust accounting and investment advice. So, it is with great pleasure that we are offering OGR members the new Golden Rule® 401(k) Plan. The plan was exclusively developed to support independent funeral homes and their employees. With low start-up investment and comparably low ongoing record keeping costs, this unique plan give you and your employees more options than ever before. Christopher Chigas DodgeA family owned and operated business since 1893, The Dodge Company is the world’s largest manufacturer and distributor of preparation room supplies. We carry a complete line of stationery, urns, urn vaults, and are a source for memorial products through our partners Glass Remembrance, Capture Bead Keepsakes and Dodge Portraits. Consolidated Funeral Services (CFS), Dodge’s technology partner, provides revenue-generating websites, development services and hosting, all while paying dividends to our 3500 website customers. Dodge is proud to have been partnered with Insight Books and Doug Manning for over 25 years, supplying grief recovery materials and The Continuing Care Series (800) 443-6343 Matthews® Aurora Funeral Solutions
Matthews® Aurora Funeral Solutions provides a full line of burial, cremation, and memorial products, along with innovative training, technology, and marketing solutions that help you serve families in new ways, including Matthews Aurora’s BeRemembered.com Program. Matthews Aurora is committed to being the very best partner with OGR members. Ask your Matthews Aurora representative about our BeRemembered.com Preferred Partner Program for OGR member funeral homes. Call the answer team at (800) 457-1111. Marty StrohoferVice President, Marketing & Product Developmentwww.matw.com (800) 457-1111
Skyways Media
Skyways Media is a family owned business operating in the UK, Canada and the US. We are one of the only fully vertical print & digital media companies, We specialize in the design, print and supply of FREE funeral planning guides and pre-need apps. There is no cost to your funeral home at all for the services we provide. Learn more about what Skyways can do for you at OGR.org/Skyways-Media! Garry Wayne(289) 290-4409 www.skyways-media.com Thumbies
Thumbies® and Buddies Pet Keepsakes® are highest-quality personalized print keepsakes, and the Phoenix Collection® offers cremation-based keepsakes for both lines. Beautifully decorative or highly functional, these keepsakes help people celebrate life and the ones they love utilizing the indelible sense of touch. Capabilities include the unmatched ability to create 100% custom, made-to-order, designs. Handcrafted in precious metals by artisans in the U.S. heartland, these keepsakes are cast for maximum tactile quality. For more information, please visit thumbies.com. Kelly Hulata, Vice President, Sales(877) 848-6243 www.thumbies.com Veterans Funeral Care
Veterans Funeral Care provides educational workshops focused on how to engage the veterans in your market area. This full-day program, led by Licensed Funeral Director Jim Rudolph, covers everything from branding to talking "tribally." Workshops are scheduled several times a year through OGR. Upon completion of this course, attendees may have the option to become a licensed Veterans Funeral Care network provider. Veterans Funeral Care network providers are able to offer proprietary programs such as "Operation Toy Soldier" and "Retire Your Flag with Honor" to their communities. Every network provider has exclusive rights to their territory. Jim Rudolph |