Giving Sympathy Gifts
After cremation services in Camillus, NY, you may want to give the grieving family a sympathy gift to express your condolences to them for the loss of their loved one. You have a lot of ways that you can go with sympathy gifts that are meaningful and will bring the bereaved family comfort.
Sympathy gifts come in all shapes and sizes and forms. Here are just a few suggestions but you can use your creativity to think of just the right gift that tells the grieving family that you care about them and share in their loss.
One sympathy gift that is very much appreciated is a meal. Whether you cook a meal at home or you buy a family-sized meal at a restaurant, providing a meal to a family who has just lost a loved one is a great way to express your sympathy and it serves a very practical purpose.
If you want to deliver a meal as a sympathy gift, be sure to call the family ahead of time to let them know what you’re planning to do. Be sure to ask if there are any foods that the family doesn’t or can’t eat, so that everyone can enjoy what you’ve made or bought.
Set up a time that’s convenient for them to drop it off at their home. The early days after a loved one dies are busy, so plan on delivering the food in a box that you can leave for the family even if they’re not home. Use disposable containers so that family doesn’t have to worry about remembering to return dishes to you.
Another great sympathy gift is a homemade card with a relevant poem or Bible scripture (if the family is religious) inside accompanied by your handwritten note. Be sure to include your full name and address on the envelope so that the family knows the card is from you.
Flowers and plants are common sympathy gifts for grieving families. If you choose to give the family a flower arrangement, consider buying the arrangement and a nice vase to put it in. Go ahead and cut down the stems of the flowers and put them in the vase with water – perhaps wrapping a bow around the vase and attaching a handwritten card – and give the vase of flowers to the family.
Flowering plants are a lasting sympathy gift that will remind the bereaved family of their loved one and of you as they care for it over time. Peace lilies are a very hardy flowering plant that will bring a grieving family comfort and peace for a very long time.
Another type of sympathy gift that is very much appreciated is a donation to a charitable organization or cause that was important to the family’s deceased loved one. It is not uncommon in most obituaries now for donations to be requested in place of flowers.
Be sure to read the obituary of the deceased to see what organizations or causes are listed and donate to one of them in the name of the deceased person.
Families may also set up memorial funds to offset funeral expenses for their loved ones or trust/educational funds for the deceased’s young children. Donating to either of these is a fantastic way to express your sympathy for the family’s loss.
If you’d like to know more about cremation services in Camillus, NY, our compassionate and experienced team at Bagozzi Twins Funeral Home, Inc. is here to help.
