Indiana Funeral Education Foundation announces scholarships to Fountain National Academy

Indianapolis, IN - The Indiana Funeral Education Foundation will fund a limited number of tuition paid scholarships for embalmers to attend a 3½ day Embalming Skills Seminar at the Fountain National Academy of Professional Embalming Skills in Springfield, MO.  This is an opportunity for an IFDA member firm to send their embalmer to the only regularly scheduled advanced embalming educational facility in the United States.

To be eligible to apply for the financial assistance, the employee must be:

• An Indiana licensed embalmer with between 3 and 7 years of experience
• Employed full-time by an IFDA member firm
• Regularly engaged in the practice of embalming and restorative art

Fountain National Academy conducts this particular seminar twice a year.

The sessions are presented by Vernie Fountain, easily the most well-known embalmer in the United States and founder of the Academy twenty years ago. He is assisted by guest lecturers Glyn Tallon and Dorian Harries of the United Kingdom.  Students have come to the Academy from all 50 states and 16 foreign countries.

“We believe that embalming is the cornerstone of funeral service” said IFDA Executive Director Curtis Rostad, CAE, CFSP. “These scholarships will provide a means for embalmers to improve their skills beyond what they learned in school.”

The Foundation is a 501(c) 3 educational and charitable subsidiary of the Indiana Funeral Directors Association and its mission is to preserve and document the history of funeral service in Indiana; provide educational opportunities for practitioners and the public; and to make charitable contributions on behalf of funeral service. For more information, visit www.indiana-fda.org.