PAST AND UPCOMING EVENTS
FCASMC NEWS
Nov 21, 2021 - Notice of Annual Meeting on Dec 4, 2021 at 10 a.m. on Zoom.
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Proposed Update to Bylaws
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Click here to join the Dec 4, 2021, Annual Meeting via Zoom.
2020 Annual Members Meeting Notice
Saturday, October 24, 2020
Zoom Meeting Begins at
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Zoom Meeting Information
If you're a FCASMC member and didn't receive the mailer with
Zoom Meeting Info, please call us at (209) 521-7690.
If you don’t already have a free Zoom account, go to Zoom.com and set one up ahead of time. Zoom will require you to download its free application which will allow you to join the meeting. Doing this in advance will ensure a smooth experience.
Speaker:
Venesse Metcalf
Modesto Junior College Professor
Prof. Metcalf teaches a course on "Death and Dying."
In addition, our members will need to approve last year’s minutes, review chapter finances and elect trustees for the coming year. We require a quorum of at least 20 of our 700 members to conduct business, so we urge you to attend.
Learn how to remove the burden and uncertainty for your family and loved ones, while making your values and beliefs known through Advanced Planning.
The Funeral Consumers Alliance of Stanislaus/Merced Counties
is a Non-profit Organization
Contact: support@fcasmc.org
Tel: (209) 521-7690
PREVIOUSLY HELD EVENTS
2019 Annual Meeting
Saturday, October 19, 2019
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Stanislaus County Library
1500 I Street
Modesto, CA 95354
(209) 558-7800
Free Admission
Speaker:
Julie Richardson, Esq.,
Local Attorney and FCA Board Member
Learn how to remove the burden and uncertainty for your family and loved ones, while making your values and beliefs known through Advanced Planning.
The Funeral Consumers Alliance of Stanislaus/Merced Counties
is a Non-profit Organization
Contact: support@fcasmc.org
Tel: (209) 521-7690
2018 Annual Meeting
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SAVE
THE
DATE
FUNERAL CONSUMERS ALLIANCE
OF CALIFORNIA'S
ANNUAL MEETING
SATURDAY, NOV 3, 2018 - 9:00AM - 4:00PM
HELD AT:
LIVINGSTON UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
11695 Olive Avenue
Livingston, CA 95334
Tel: (209) 394-2264
2017 ANNUAL MEETING
5
Nov
2017
"HOW DO YOU WANT TO BE REMEMBERED? WRITING YOUR OWN OBITUARY."
“How do you want to be Remembered? Writing your own Obituary” will be the focus of this year’s annual meeting of the nonprofit Funeral Consumers Alliance of Stanislaus/Merced Counties.
Featured will be a screening of 2017 documentary OBIT, a fascinating and often humorous inside look at the obituary writers at THE NEW YORK TIMES as they prepare stories of the extraordinary lives of the famous and infamous.
July Sly Herrero, a 40 year veteran of THE MODESTO BEE and author of hundreds of obituaries, will join us for a discussion of how to craft one’s obituary.
A brief business meeting to elect officers and for member's comments will follow the program. There will also be a drawing for a copy of the FCA booklet “Before I Go You Should Know,” a useful planning document. Additional copies will be available for sale at $15 each.
The State Theatre's concession stand will be open for those who wish to purchase refreshments.
Where: Modesto State Theatre
1307 J Street
Modesto, CA 95354
(plenty of free street parking)
Tel: (209) 527-4697
Time: 2:00 PM
Admission: Free (donations are cheerfully accepted) and members are encouraged to bring family and friends to this event.
2016 ANNUAL MEETING
"The Trouble With Harry"
Come learn about our non-profit and also see the 1955 classic movie by Alfred Hitchcock. This film put the FUN into funerals.
Starring: Edmund Gwenn, John Forsythe, Shirley MacLaine, Mildred Natwick, Mildred Dunnock, Jerry Mathers, and Royal Dano.
Where: Modesto State Theater
1307 J Street
Modesto, CA 95354
Tel: (209) 527-4697
Time: 2:00 PM
Admission: Free
23
Oct
2016