Wednesday, May 6, 2009

HB1202 Passes with Amendment

Well, it passed.  This experience with working with legislators has been eye-opening.  How does one play the game?  It's clear that it is about making alliances, compromising, encouraging a grassroots response to what is often a well-funded, corporate lobbying campaign.

Did we make all the right calls?  The answer is, we don't know.  But we do know that we were driven by a passion to preserve the right of families to access support services that truly meet their needs if they want to conduct a home or green funeral.

With the amendment sponsored by Senators Heath and Tochtrop protecting the right of Natural Transitions to continue with our educational and support of home funeral families, we must move forward, promote the creation of a North American Home Funeral Alliance - fundraise - because being out of the woods legislatively speaking, we face a challenge in these economic times of attracting donations to continue our work.

We are looking forward to our first workshop outside Boulder - In Colorado Springs on June 13 - and really are excited at the many great people who have contacted us since we spoke out on behalf of the home funeral movement and future home funeral consumers.

Blessings... and let us know if you are interested in our Green and Home Funeral Conference in Boulder, October 3.