BENEFITS OF JOINING FCACTX

  • New Member Packet—To see a list of everything you'll receive, click here.
  • Savings— Our Funeral Home Price Survey can save you hundreds, even thousands of dollars. You can use the price chart in the survey to see and compare the wide variance of funeral homes charges for exactly the same goods and services. This information is also useful for negotiating with funeral providers to make the final arrangements you want more affordable. The cost-saving suggestions in the survey are also helpful. If you want to know how much cemeteries typically charge for burial plots and urn niches, you’ll find those costs and more in this Survey.  
  • Newsletters—Three times a year, members receive our newsletter which keeps them up to date with information about FCACTX, local providers of funeral goods and services, funeral industry news on the national level, and more.
  • Free obituary posting on our website—Obituaries in the Austin American-Statesman and other newspapers are often the most expensive column inch in the entire newspaper.  You can save hundreds, even thousands of dollars by limiting the print obituary to a briefly worded notice that advises readers to read the full obituary on our website at 
    https://www.fcactx.org/member-obituaries.html.
  • Knowledge— How to avoid unnecessary expenses.
  • Objectivity—You get advice from knowledgeable people who are not in the business of selling funeral services.
  • Planning—Your new member packet includes directives where you can specify what kinds of medical treatments you do and/or do not want if you are unable to speak for yourself; and what you wish to have done with your body after you die. Although you may find it challenging to discuss end-of-life choices with our loved ones, you will actually be saving them from having to guess what you wanted at a very difficult time.
  • Speakers Bureau—We have experienced speakers available to
    speak to any organization with which you are affiliated.
  • Transfer Arrangements—We can transfer your membership to another Funeral Consumers Alliance if you move from our
    five-county service area.
Your membership—for a $35 tax-deductible donation— covers everyone in your household.
To join, just click one of the buttons below.
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VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Your involvement in FCACTX can be as great or as little as you wish.
Click here to see a list of volunteer opportunities.