Welcome To The

Pet Loss Professionals Alliance

Coleen Ellis

Two Hearts Pet Loss Center

Bill RemkusHinsdale Pet Cemetery & Crematory

Next Steps!

What’s Next?

• Chairs of PLPA and Vice-Chairs of Committees to schedule meeting to review objectives– Done by May 1st

• Committees to set meetings– Done by May 15

• Committee Chairs & Vice-Chairs to meet monthly to review progress

• Quarterly update meetings held with entire PLPA membership– Next meeting July, 2010

Standards/Accreditation/Ethics

Jon Remkus David RemkusAntoinette Girod Bill Remkus

Kelly Clem Ellen AgeeChristine Engh Mike FussDavid Brown Bernadette PetersRoss DeJohn Terry BransonNancy & Gary Piper Blake KelleySkye Stevens Jimmy HugheyElleanor Starks Robert BlosserBarry & Debbie MulrineJen Melius

Jocelyne MonetteJoey Casada

The Mission

• To create the Standards for the PLPA– Crematories, Funeral Homes, Cemeteries– To keep an open mind that we cannot dictate

business practices – but standards that will be a part of who a PLPA member is

– How will these Standards be monitored?– Is there a rating system for the different types of

PLPA members? “Rules of Engagement” for those that agree to be members? How to handle complaints against members?

Certified Pet Loss Professional/Education

David Martin/Dedrick GanttAmanda CurrinRoberta Knauf

David RemkusDebbie MulrineKate MooreBrett VanDeWoestyneColeen Ellis

The Mission

• Create a program that will give credentials to individuals in the pet death care industry

• Course/curriculum creation• Continuing Education requirements• How/where the classes held – taking into account all

technology pieces available too!• Educational components for the website and for

members– White paper downloads– Monthly (?) webinars on pet death care business practices– Educational components for the consumer to turn to as they

choose a pet memorialization facility

Marketing

Tom Parmalee

Peggy Rouzzo

Jocelyne Monette

Coleen Ellis

Cay Dalyrmple

The Mission

• How do we get the educational components out to the members/consumer?–Working with the Education committee too

–Work with the veterinary industry to educate/market to them as well our PLPA message

–Marketing for more members

Suppliers

Tom BischoffDoug TobeySally RoblesonToni GreenfieldBlake KelleyMike MimsJay RotbergBob NoblesToni NealJoshua Blosser

The Mission

• To help pet death care businesses be more profitable

• To help market the benefits of PLPA in their day-to-day travels

• Assisting in being our “eyes and ears” in the industry so that we can constantly be aware of educational and marketing opportunities.

How will we communicate?

•Email updates

•Facebook

•MyPLPA.com

From this we …

Grow

Together -

We will be SUCCESSFUL!

Thank You!

Coleen Ellis

Two Hearts Pet Loss Center

Bill RemkusHinsdale Pet Cemetery & Crematory

Good Luck! Here’s to Success!