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News & Education

Gift of Hope offers education on the donation process to funeral home staff, embalmers, coroners, pathologists and other death care and law enforcement professionals.

Contact your Gift of Hope Partner Relations liaison to learn more about programs and resources described below.

Upcoming Events for ME/Coroners, Forensic Professionals & Funeral Directors

Contact us if would like to plan a presentation for your staff for CE credit.

Funeral director conferences about your role in donation and the donation process:

Lake County, Ill. – April 10, 2024
Sangamon County, Ill. – May 16, 2024
Rock Island, Ill. – Aug., 2024

CE credit provided to attendees.
Contact partnerrelations@giftofhope.org to be sure you receive an invitation when registration opens.

Past Events

If you are a funeral director interested in more information, please e-mail us at partnerrelations@giftofhope.org.

Cook County Funeral Director Conference

Funeral service professionals enjoyed a day of continuing education and networking in the office of the Cook County Medical Examiner. Attendees enjoyed a full day of presentations on topics that included forensic pathology, working with the CCME and the organ and tissue donation process.

Coroner Collaborative

Coroners and their staff members enjoyed a day of collaboration on best practice, continuing education and networking. Gift of Hope partnered with the Will County Coroner’s office to host this state-wide event.

Optimizing Tissue Recovery to Meet Surgical Needs Webinar

Speakers from a tissue bank and Gift of Hope shared useful information about the donation and tissue recovery processes, focusing on the steps taken to optimize tissue donation.

McHenry County Funeral Director Conference

Funeral service professionals enjoyed a day of continuing education and networking in McHenry County. This event was co-sponsored by the McHenry County Coroner’s Office and Gift of Hope.

From Donor to Recipient: Clinical Uses of Dermal Allografts webinar

Attendees learned how donated organs are matched with people awaiting translpants and clinical uses for allografts from tissue donors.

Kane County Funeral Director Conference

Funeral service professionals enjoyed a day of continuing education and networking in Kane County. This event was co-sponsored by the Kane County Coroner’s Office and Gift of Hope.

Interpersonal Skills for Funeral Arranging webinar

Funeral service professionals learned to elimite barriers to effective communication, build trust, improve helping skills and more.

Donation and the Funeral Director: Honoring a family’s wishes

Funeral service professionals learned about the donation recovery process and specialized embalming techniques.

Check back for details as forensic and funeral service programs are announced.

Funeral director newsletter

Click here for the latest issue of our newsletter for funeral service professionals.

Funeral Director Newsletter for December 2022
Funeral Director Webinar March 21, 2023

Request materials

Contact your Gift of Hope representative to request materials to give away or to use at your funeral home when supporting organ & tissue donors families. Items available include brochures, bracelets and vehicle magnets.

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