Tour of the casket building workshop of the nonprofit organization Fathers Building Futures. Lunch is included in this free event. Fathers Building Futures is located at 4301 4th Street NW, Albuquerque.
Fathers Building Futures is an economic development initiative that provides jobs and skills to parents who have been incarcerated. It offers their families opportunities for stability – financially, socially and emotionally. In their woodworking shop, employees build simple pine and kosher caskets of their own unique design, wooden cremation urns, and household items such as cutting boards, Lazy Susans, furniture, and boxes.
Here’s a brief overview of how Fathers Building Futures came to make caskets.
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And here are other great upcoming activities in the Before I Die ABQ Festival:
- A tour of the Office of the Medical Investigator (OMI);
- “Answering Your Burning Questions About Cremation” information session;
- “Jewish Burial Equals Green Burial” at the Jewish Community Center;
- Death Cafe discussions at Albuquerque Senior & Multigenerational Centers;
- Panel discussion and presentation on financial and legal issues related to end-of-life;
Remember, attendees at all Before I Die ABQ Festival events can enter drawings for a free cremation from The Neptune Society of Albuquerque and a cedar “coff-urn” from The Old Pine Box.
Indicate your interest in multiple Before I Die ABQ Festival events.
The Before I Die ABQ Festival is made possible by these sponsors:
- A Good Goodbye, funeral planning for those who don’t plan to die;
- French Funerals & Cremations, Albuquerque’s largest and oldest family-owned funeral service company;
- The Neptune Society, America’s most trusted cremation service;
- Lasting Legacy, Inc., providing estate and trust services to New Mexico families;
- Express Legal Solutions, LLC, offering “documents you need at a price you can afford;”
- Retirement Extender®, a team of specialists making the most of your finances;
- Morris Hall, PLLC, a premier estate planning law firm;
- LifeIZShort.com, practical guides for dealing with the inevitable by Peter Callan;
- The Old Pine Box, specializing in pine and cedar coffins and caskets, and specialty urns;
- My Final Checklist, a master file for personal information;
- Zia Trust, Inc., serving clients in New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and 38 other states;
- 1-800-AUTOPSY, a thanatology specialty service company.