Awards Awards Celebration Funeral Home in Jackson, due to open this year. It will feature a banquet facility, store and cafe for a completely new funeral experience. Oliverie graduated with honors from the American Academy McAllister Institute of Funeral Services as class vice president in 1984. She was licensed by both the State of New Jersey and the National Licensing Board, and is also a Certified Celebrant. Brunswick Memorial Funeral Home wins Community Service Award for Record 4th Time B runswick Memorial Home in East Brunswick, New Jersey, was awarded the 2021 Golden Rule Community Service Award. The Golden Rule Community Service Award is given in recognition of a funeral home’s outstanding community service as demonstrated by activities benefiting local organizations or community events. The Brunswick Memorial Home Care Team used social media to get their message across as they worked to help their community adjust and get through the changes brought on by COVID-19. Those who could help or needed help filled out a form accordingly, and the Brunswick Golden Ruleule Community Service Award (left to right) Brunswick Memorial Home staff members Randy Gagnon, Eugene Norton, Arianna Rule, Peter Kulbacki, Krista Paradowski and Michael Kulbacki stand in front of their East Brunswick, N.J. location. (photo provided) team matched those in need with those who could help during the initial wave of the pandemic in the United States from April - June 2020. As a thank-you to staff for their extra work, the company purchased lunch for them every day they worked during this time. They engaged in good conversation with everyone they helped in an attempt to raise their spirits. They continued to serve their families throughout the pandemic to the fullest of their abilities and what the law permitted. 28 www.ogr.org | Summer 2021 “It’s this type of work that helps bring communities together, and it’s OGR member firms like Brunswick Memorial Home that embrace and encourage community involvement year-round,” said Wendy King, OGR’s executive director. Brunswick won the Golden Rule Community Service Award last year as well, the first time in the award’s 13-year history that the same funeral home has been selected in back-to-back years. It was Brunswick’s fourth win overall, with previous recognitions in 2020, 2014 and 2010. No other funeral home has won more than twice.
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