National Cremation Society

10/06/2025

October 6-10 is National Customer Service Week. Every member of our team across the U.S. is here to serve you and your family with compassion, and make your burden lighter.

10/02/2025

area folks, please join us next Friday, Oct. 10, at our office to enjoy some yummy treats, meet our staff, and enter our raffle to win an iPad! Hope to see you there!

10/01/2025

09/22/2025

Wishing you a sweet new year.

09/16/2025

On September 11, three Florida NCS teams, from Naples, Sarasota, and Port Charlotte, together participated in Patriot Day at Sarasota National Cemetery to honor and remember the fallen and volunteer to clean headstones.
“Each year the group seems to grow. It is truly a humbling experience,” said Port Charlotte Service Manager Gloria Yanni. “Extra thanks to Karen Taylor, our Sarasota service manager, for providing drinks and snacks to all of the volunteers along with dressing our team to represent.”

09/16/2025

"I've spent most of my life just focused on the road ahead, not looking back," Redford said in the acceptance speech for his 2002 honorary Oscar. "But now tonight, I'm seeing in the rearview mirror that there is something I've not thought about much, called history."

Robert Redford has died at 89. He was known for his long career as an actor and director, with films like 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid', 'The Sting', 'All the President's Men' and 'Ordinary People'

09/11/2025

09/02/2025

Reminder! There's still time to RSVP for Wednesday evening's webinar.

Please join us for the third in our free 2025 webinar series, in partnership with For Grief, on Wednesday, September 3, in which grief experts will discuss issues related to grandparents and loss.
If you're unable to make it, you can register, and a recording of the webinar will be emailed to you after the event. Everyone is welcome.
Register with this link, or the QR code: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nCr-deCcRQGazS0rDA7JVg #/registration

08/29/2025

Saturday is National Grief Awareness Day, recognized annually on August 30. It's a time to reflect on how we all cope with loss differently, and learn how to help yourself and others through the grieving process, no matter what type of loss you've been through.

If you or someone you know is struggling with loss, we offer The 12 Weeks of Peace, a free, online bereavement series available to everyone. https://www.nationalcremation.com/12-weeks-of-peace

08/25/2025

Please join us for the third in our free 2025 webinar series, in partnership with For Grief, on Wednesday, September 3, in which grief experts will discuss issues related to grandparents and loss.
If you're unable to make it, you can register, and a recording of the webinar will be emailed to you after the event. Everyone is welcome.
Register with this link, or the QR code: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nCr-deCcRQGazS0rDA7JVg #/registration

08/11/2025

The NCS Oviedo team, left, brought delicious treats to caregivers at AdventHealth, Oviedo Regional Medical Center, the trusty team at their local post office and at the Orange County Medical Examiner's Office, and their neighbor at Oviedo Beautiful Flowers.
NCS Jacksonville Office Coordinator Carole Briggs showed the folks at Baptist South Community Hospice Unit and ICU some National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day love.🍪

06/01/2022

June is Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month. In supporting the Walk to End Alzheimer’s, we are walking to honor our grandparents, our fathers, our mothers, the families we serve, and the more than 6 million Americans who suffer from .
Please join us, the Alzheimer's Association, and your community in the fight to by donating or signing up to walk:
http://act.alz.org/goto/NCSPortland

12/10/2021

Buddhist monk Haemin Sunim on the power of self-care: “Be good to others, but don’t forget that you have a responsibility to be good to yourself.”
His 5-step plan to give yourself the gift of self-care this holiday season:
1. Breathe.
2. Accept.
3. Write.
4. Talk.
5. Walk.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/10/well/mind/self-care-buddhism-monk-meditation-stress-anxiety-calm-Haemin-Sunim.html

11/08/2021

Our team is proud to partner with Operation Gratitude throughout November for the second consecutive year, fundraising and holding a letter-writing drive. We hope you’ll stop by our office join us in sending notes of thanks to U.S. veterans and deployed troops. We created and decorated (with LEGOs!) this special “mailbox” for your letters, which we’ll deliver to Operation Gratitude to send at the end of the month.
If you’d like to donate, click here: https://giving.operationgratitude.com/team/385533
If you donate, or are a veteran or veteran’s spouse, we have special discounts this month.

10/05/2021

Portland service manager Kristina Taylor delivered fall-themed baskets to area hospices to celebrate the start of October. 🍁

06/04/2021

Kristina Taylor of NCS Portland delivered Sesame Donuts - Tigard Plaza to area fire stations for .

06/01/2021

Portland service manager Kristina Taylor assisted Willamette National Cemetery in placing flags on the graves of every veteran buried there for . While no public ceremonies were held this year, it was open to visitors.

Thank you, Kristina.

10/29/2020

October is . To commemorate it, and thank the healthcare workers who heal and comfort, Portland service manager Kristina Taylor delivered pink-boxed cookies to local oncology and breast health centers.

08/10/2020

Teryl, our Portland office coordinator, and Kristina, our service manager, volunteered at a local American Red Cross blood drive in Tigard last week. Blood donations have dropped since the pandemic, so hospitals and other care facilities are desperately in need.

04/07/2020

The NCS Portland staff have been making disposable masks from towels – no sewing required! Research is showing they work better than plain cotton, and although still not medical grade, they are effective for public use. We are passing them out, along with hand sanitizer, to first responders, nursing home staff, and other caregivers in the area. We want to do all we can to help keep our community safe, and give something back to the hard-working healthcare workers. We're so grateful to you. 🙏

04/03/2020

Our Portland team set up a table at the front of the office so delivery folks coming in can safely drop off packages, as well as take a snack or portable hand sanitizer to keep themselves going. We wanted to show our appreciation for the efforts of those who continue working every day to serve the needs of all of us during the pandemic. At the same time, we are making every effort to keep our staff and customers safe by following the CDC social distancing guidelines at all times.

03/21/2020

Our Portland service manager Kristina Taylor and her team donated blood in an American Red Cross blood drive last week to help those in need. The Red Cross now faces a severe blood shortage due to the many blood drive cancellations during the COVID-19 outbreak.

03/02/2020

Our Portland team delivered wellness baskets to hospice nurses at care centers in the community as a thank you from families we've served. Mindful that healthcare providers are on the front line in vulnerability to illness, we filled the baskets with tea, mugs, sanitizer pens, Emergen-C packets, cough drops, and tissues, as well as NCS reusable bags. You do so much for so many, and we want to help you be ☺️, not 🤒!

02/11/2020

David Anderson, of our , Oregon location, brought an enthusiastic friend and some delicious goodies to the residents at our partner Brookdale Senior Living in McMinnville. The socializing was a great experience for Scrappie, who is in training to be an emotional support animal.