Charles Nechtem Associates, Inc. Continues Partnership with Service Corp. International to Provide Grief Counseling for Dignity Memorial Compassion Helpline^® 

The 24-Hour Compassion Helpline is a counseling service included in select Dignity  Memorial^® funeral and cremation plans. Through this toll free number, professionally trained grief counselors offer support and guidance at a difficult time.  Available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, this Family Support Benefit gives families somewhere to turn for help, especially when normal support networks like clergy and friends are unavailable. Through the helpline, individuals learn to cope with their loss by gently guiding them through the grieving process. Free bereavement support group referrals are also available. In addition to the 24-hour toll-free compassion helpline, grief management books, videos and brochures are also available. Grief and the way you or a loved one manages it is unique. These brochures and videos offer helpful advice and insights when coping with the complex emotions accompanying the loss of a loved one. 

About Dignity Memorial® 

The Dignity Memorial network has started a quiet revolution in funeral, cremation and cemetery services.  With more than 1,000 North American locations, Dignity Memorial providers are committed to delivering standards, options and values not found elsewhere. Each provider offers a 100 percent service guarantee, underscored by the signed pledge of every employee to demonstrate service beyond expectation. For more information about Dignity Memorial, please visit our website at http://www.dignitymemorial.com/ 
 

About Service Corporation International 

Service Corporation International provides funeral and cemetery services primarily in North America. Its funeral service and cemetery operations consist of funeral service locations, cemeteries, crematoria, and related activities. The company’s funeral service locations provide various professional services relating to funerals, including the use of funeral facilities, motor vehicles, and preparation and embalming services, as well as sell caskets, burial vaults, cremation receptacles, flowers, burial garments, and other ancillary products and services. Service Corporation’s cemeteries sell interment rights associated with cemetery properties, such as mausoleum spaces, lots, and lawn crypts; and cemetery merchandise, such as stone and bronze memorials, burial vaults, caskets, and cremation memorialization products. Its cemeteries also operate crematoria; provide other services, including merchandise installations, and burial openings and closings; and perform interment services and management and maintenance of cemetery grounds. As of December 31, 2005, it operated 1,058 funeral service locations, 358 cemeteries, and 130 crematoria throughout North America. The company was founded by R. L. Waltrip in 1962. Service Corporation International is headquartered in Houston, Texas. For mote information about Service

Corporation International, please visit our website at http://www.sci-corp.com/ 

About Charles Nechtem Associates, Inc. 

Charles Nechtem Associates, Inc. is a privately held corporation established in 1981 to provide Employee Assistance Programs to corporations and institutions throughout the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. At the present time, Charles Nechtem Associates, Inc. has contracts with corporations and institutions providing employee assistance and managed mental health services to over 2 million employees and their families. For over two decades, we have established a reputation for providing the highest level of professional expertise and performance in the employee assistance and managed behavioral health funds. We are committed to maintaining that reputation by continuing to offer unique and innovative Employee Assistance Programs that are responsive to the needs and policies of our varied clients.  The company was founded by Charles Nechtem and is headquartered in Newark, New Jersey. For mote information about Charles Nechtem Associates, Inc., please visit our website at http://www.charlesnechtem.com