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• 2025 VCA Annual Meeting Exhibit/Sponsor Registration

  • Start
    06/12/2025
  • End
    06/14/2025
  • Location
    The Virginian Hotel, Lynchburg, VA

  Register

  VIRGINIA CEMETERY ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING

  “Cemeteries Reimagined: Cultivating a Welcoming Atmosphere to Shatter Stigmas and Inspire Celebrations”

  The Virginian Hotel, Lynchburg, VA

  June 12-14, 2025

  *Hotel Group Rate has ended but you can still reserve your room.
   RESERVE HERE. 

  Annual Meeting Schedule

  Thursday	June 12, 2025
  8:00 am	Golf Outing at Poplar Grove Golf Club, 129 Tavern Lane, Amherst VA
  3:00 pm – 5:00 pm	Registration and Vendor Set up
  6:00 pm -8:00 pm	Welcome Reception, sponsored by Columbia Gardens Cemetery, Historyland Memorial Park & Arboretum, Evergreen Memorial Trust & Trinity Memorial Gardens.
  Friday	June 13, 2025
  8:00 am – 8:30 am	Registration and Continental Breakfast
  8:00am – 2:00 pm	Exhibit Hall Open
  8:45 am – 9:15 am	VCA Annual Membership Meeting
  9:15 am – 10:15 am 10:15 am - 10:45 am	Amber Caron, Wreaths Across America Break with Suppliers in Exhibit Hall
  10:45 am – 11:30 am	John Bolton, “My Cemetery: Simple Burial Ground or Multi-faceted Community Asset?”
  11:30 am – 12:15 pm	Ashleigh Meyer, "From Solemn to Celebratory: The Cemetery as a Space for the Living"
  12:15 pm-1:00 pm	Lunch Buffet in Exhibit Hall
  1:00 pm – 1:15 pm	John Bolton, ICCFA Report
  1:15 pm- 1:30 pm	Wally Frankland, Veteran’s Update
  2:00 pm – 4:00 pm  (Maps available for location)	Kenneth Glass, "Robotic Equipment", Stihl Demo at Historic Presbyterian Cemetery 2020 Grace Street, Lynchburg, VA 24504
  Saturday	June 14, 2025
  8:00 am – 8:30 am	Registration and Continental Breakfast
  8:00 am-2:00 pm	Exhibit Hall Open
  8:35 am-12:35pm	Mike Doherty, Cemetery Training for the Compliance Agent
  9:00 am – 9:45 am    9:45 am - 10:15 am	Shaun Spencer-Hester, The Anne Spencer House & Garden Museum Break with Suppliers in Exhibit Hall
  10:15 am - 11:00 am	Dr. Rev Joe Cobb, Mayor of Roanoke “Honoring Their Breaths: When the Bones of our Ancestors Breathe Forth Reparation and Justice”
  11:10 am -11:20 am	Legislative Report; Jimmy Stuart
  11:20 am – 11:30 am	VFDA Report; VFDA President Gregg Faulkner
  11:30 am -11:40 am	SCCFA Report; SCCFA President Jodie Dupree
  11:40 am-12:00 pm	DPOR Update; Anika Coleman
  12:00 pm - 1:00 pm	Lunch Buffet in Exhibit Hall
  1:00 pm – 1:45 pm	Alan Creedy, “How to Win Back Lost Customers”
  2:00 pm	Family Time
  5:00 pm – 6:00 pm	President's Reception
  6:00 pm – 8:30 pm	Installation Banquet featuring Mary Pope Maybank Hutson President, Sweet Briar College, "Honoring the Legacy of Monument Hill: A Tribute to our History" Officer/Board Installations: Jodie Dupree, SCCFA

  Please join us in thanking our Conference supporters! 

  Reception Sponsors:

  Trinity Memorial Gardens

  Platinum Sponsor:

  
  

  
  

  Emerald Sponsor:

  
  

  
  

  Gold Sponsors:
  

          

       
  

  Silver Sponsor:

          

      
  

  
  

  Bronze-Coffee/Snack Break Sponsors:
  

  
  

        

  
  

  Compliance Training Sponsor:

  
  

  Columbia Gardens Cemetery

  
  Friends of VCA: 

  
  

  
  

  Sponsors/Exhibitors Information & Registration
  

  Terms and Conditions

  By registering for this Virginia Cemetery Association event or program you consent to being photographed, filmed and/or otherwise recorded at the event or program. By doing so, you grant to the Association rights to the release, publication or reproduction of any recorded media taken at the event or program of your appearance, voice or name for use by the Association and its management team.        

  Cancellation Policy:

  Registrants canceling on or before May 19, 2025, are entitled to a refund, less a $50 processing fee. Registrants canceling after May 19, 2025, are NON-REFUNDABLE. Substitutions are allowed and encouraged. All Cancellations must be directed in writing to VCA office.

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• 2025 VCA Annual Meeting

  • Start
    06/12/2025
  • End
    06/14/2025
  • Location
    The Virginian Hotel, Lynchburg, VA

  Register

  VIRGINIA CEMETERY ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING

  “Cemeteries Reimagined: Cultivating a Welcoming Atmosphere to Shatter Stigmas and Inspire Celebrations”

  The Virginian Hotel, Lynchburg, VA

  June 12-14, 2025

  *Hotel Group Rate has ended but you can still reserve your room.
   RESERVE HERE. 

  Annual Meeting Schedule

  Thursday	June 12, 2025
  8:00 am	Golf Outing at Poplar Grove Golf Club, 129 Tavern Lane, Amherst VA
  3:00 pm – 5:00 pm	Registration and Vendor Set up
  6:00 pm -8:00 pm	Welcome Reception, sponsored by Columbia Gardens Cemetery, Historyland Memorial Park & Arboretum, Evergreen Memorial Trust & Trinity Memorial Gardens.
  Friday	June 13, 2025
  8:00 am – 8:30 am	Registration and Continental Breakfast
  8:00am – 2:00 pm	Exhibit Hall Open
  8:45 am – 9:15 am	VCA Annual Membership Meeting
  9:15 am – 10:15 am 10:15 am - 10:45 am	Amber Caron, Wreaths Across America Break with Suppliers in Exhibit Hall
  10:45 am – 11:30 am	John Bolton, “My Cemetery: Simple Burial Ground or Multi-faceted Community Asset?”
  11:30 am – 12:15 pm	Ashleigh Meyer, "From Solemn to Celebratory: The Cemetery as a Space for the Living"
  12:15 pm-1:00 pm	Lunch Buffet in Exhibit Hall
  1:00 pm – 1:15 pm	John Bolton, ICCFA Report
  1:15 pm- 1:30 pm	Wally Frankland, Veteran’s Update
  2:00 pm – 4:00 pm  (Maps available for location)	Kenneth Glass, "Robotic Equipment", Stihl Demo at Historic Presbyterian Cemetery 2020 Grace Street, Lynchburg, VA 24504
  Saturday	June 14, 2025
  8:00 am – 8:30 am	Registration and Continental Breakfast
  8:00 am-2:00 pm	Exhibit Hall Open
  8:35 am-12:35pm	Mike Doherty, Cemetery Training for the Compliance Agent
  9:00 am – 9:45 am    9:45 am - 10:15 am	Shaun Spencer-Hester, The Anne Spencer House & Garden Museum Break with Suppliers in Exhibit Hall
  10:15 am - 11:00 am	Dr. Rev Joe Cobb, Mayor of Roanoke “Honoring Their Breaths: When the Bones of our Ancestors Breathe Forth Reparation and Justice”
  11:10 am -11:20 am	Legislative Report; Jimmy Stuart
  11:20 am – 11:30 am	VFDA Report; VFDA President Gregg Faulkner
  11:30 am -11:40 am	SCCFA Report; SCCFA President Jodie Dupree
  11:40 am-12:00 pm	DPOR Update; Anika Coleman
  12:00 pm - 1:00 pm	Lunch Buffet in Exhibit Hall
  1:00 pm – 1:45 pm	Alan Creedy, “How to Win Back Lost Customers”
  2:00 pm	Family Time
  5:00 pm – 6:00 pm	President's Reception
  6:00 pm – 8:30 pm	Installation Banquet featuring Mary Pope Maybank Hutson President, Sweet Briar College, "Honoring the Legacy of Monument Hill: A Tribute to our History" Officer/Board Installations: Jodie Dupree, SCCFA

  Please join us in thanking our Conference supporters! 

  Reception Sponsors:

  Trinity Memorial Gardens

  Platinum Sponsor:

  
  

  
  

  Emerald Sponsor:

  
  

  
  

  Gold Sponsors:
  

         

      
  

  Silver Sponsor:

         

     
  

  
  

  Bronze-Coffee/Snack Break Sponsors:
  

  
  

       

  
  

  Compliance Training Sponsor:

  
  

  Columbia Gardens Cemetery

  
  Friends of VCA: 

  
  

  
  

  Sponsors/Exhibitors Information & Registration
  

  Terms and Conditions

  By registering for this Virginia Cemetery Association event or program you consent to being photographed, filmed and/or otherwise recorded at the event or program. By doing so, you grant to the Association rights to the release, publication or reproduction of any recorded media taken at the event or program of your appearance, voice or name for use by the Association and its management team.        

  Cancellation Policy:

  Registrants canceling on or before May 19, 2025, are entitled to a refund, less a $50 processing fee. Registrants canceling after May 19, 2025, are NON-REFUNDABLE. Substitutions are allowed and encouraged. All Cancellations must be directed in writing to VCA office.
  

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• Cemetery Training for The Compliance Agent

  • When
    06/14/2025
  •  
    8:30 AM - 12:30 PM
  • Location
    The Virginian Hotel, Lynchburg, VA

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   A Regulation Training Class for the Cemetery Compliance Agent will be taught live by attorney Mike Doherty on Saturday, June 14, 2025 as part of the 2025 VCA Annual Meeting.  The program will start at 8:30 a.m. and end at 12:30 p.m.  Lunch will be provided.  

  Please note the following important details for the day:

  Location: The Virginian Hotel, 712 Church Street, Lynchburg, VA 24504

  The program is part of the VCA Annual Meeting. Registration to that meeting is not required to attend compliance training. If you would like to attend the Annual Meeting in its entirety, you will need to register separately.  

  Please join us in thanking our compliance training sponsor: Columbia Gardens Cemetery!

  This training program is approved by the Cemetery Board, and fulfills the requirements as established by the Department of Professional & Occupational Regulations (DPOR) for Compliance Agents or Designees.

  Registration Fees

  $225 member / $475 non-member

  Cancellations

  Attendee cancellations and requests for refunds may be requested up to three (3) days before the event starts and must be made in writing via email. 

  Refund Policy

  All cancellations must be received in writing in order to be eligible for a refund. An administrative charge of $50 will be applied to all refunds if the cancellation or request to change to another course is received less than three days before the start of the event. Cancellations not received in writing by the date required will not be eligible for a refund.

  This seminar has been approved by:

  
  

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