Member News Members Interviewed by News Stations during COVID-19 Pandemic Jakubs and Son Funeral Home in Cleveland, OH was featured on their local news station, sharing about the impact COVID-19 has had on how people grieve loved ones. Jackie McQuade of Schuyler Hill Funeral Home in the Bronx, NY was featured on the Tamron Hall Show as she shared how the death toll of the pandemic has overwhelmed their family funeral home more than the 9/11 terrorist attacks did in 2001. Geraldine Oliverie of Oliverie Funeral Home in Manchester, NJ and Michael Kulbacki of Brunswick Memorial Funeral Home in East Brunswick, NJ were interviewed by a local news station on how New Jersey funeral homes are helping people mourn during the COVID-19 crisis. OGR Family Contact Program As funeral directors are forced to change the way they do business amid the pandemic, feedback from the families you serve is more important than ever. OGR’s staff would like to apologize for the delay in reporting from the Family Contact Program caused by our move to Indianapolis, but we are happy to announce everything is back on schedule and you should receive your June report shortly. We thank you for your patience during this time of transition. As a reminder, you can get your funeral home’s reports even faster by encouraging your families to fill out the form online instead of using the paper form. Contact Alyssa Castille, OGR’s new Family Contact Program manager, at acastille@ogr. org to get your funeral home’s custom link. If you’ve never enrolled in the program, it’s a tremendous benefit for any funeral home and is FREE for all OGR members. Find out more on our website at OGR.org/Family-Contact. www.ogr.org | The Independent® 31
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