- Offers educational materials and guidance to the public, schools, churches, and community organizations on the funeral process and end-of-life planning - Provides information about funerals, cremation, and burial, including prepayment of funerals, anatomical gifts, and the responsibilities of funeral-service practitioners - Supports funeral professionals with training, study groups, seminars, and resources to enhance knowledge and services provided to families

Staff are available for speaking engagements pertaining to Tamarisk, Inc.'s mission specifically, or issues regarding the consequences of life-threatening illness for the individual and family from a non-medical perspective, caregiver wellbeing, or grief and loss

Offering support and education to people who have cancer, have had cancer, family members, friends and children

- Class D Hospice program - Care for terminally ill patients - Support for family members

Hospice care is delivered through a team of professionals under St. Mary's Hospital Hospice. The mission of Itasca Hospice is to support and assure access for patients and families to quality Hospice services as provided by Itasca Hospice, and to educate the community on issues of dying, death and grief. Hospice offers a variety of support groups dealing with illness, death and grief.