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Endswell Events
Orange County Death Cafe – 4/17/24
3/20/24: Orange County Death Cafe
Endswell is hosting the Orange County Death Cafe on March 20, 2024. https://deathcafe.com/deathcafe/16718/ Again, this will be a potluck dinner. Please bring a dish to share, as well as your own plate and utensils, if possible. Please pre-register by emailing…
2/21/24: Orange County Death Cafe
Endswell is hosting the Orange County Death Cafe on February 21, 2024. https://deathcafe.com/deathcafe/16718/ Again, this will be a potluck dinner. Please bring a dish to share, as well as your own plate and utensils, if possible. Please pre-register by emailing…
1/17/24: Orange County Death Cafe
Endswell is hosting the Orange County Death Cafe on January 17, 2024. https://deathcafe.com/deathcafe/16718/ Again, this will be a potluck dinner. Please bring a dish to share, as well as your own plate and utensils, if possible. Please pre-register by emailing…
Community Events
7/4/2024 & 7/6/2024 – 45th Annual Enofest – Festival for the Eno at West Point Park!
Join Endswell for two days of fun and awarness @EnoFest 2024 - The EnoFest raises awareness and funds to protect and restore exceptional places that provide our region with clean water and healthy forests, wildlife and natural areas, and open…
5/2-5/5: Spring Shakori Hills GrassRoots Festival of Music & Dance
Join Endswell for food, music, and fun @ Shakori Hills.
Earth-Friendly Burials @ The Orange County Public Library – 4/15/24
Join Endswell Aquamation and Bluesteam Conservation to discuss earth-friendly burials on April 15, 2024 @ The Orange County Public Library from 1-2:30pm.
Sustainable Living Fair ’24 – 4/13/24
Join us @ Sustainable Living Fair '24 on April 13th, 2024 from 9:30am-4:30pm
NC State Earth Fair – 4/10/24
Endswell will be participating in the NC State Earth Fair on April 10th, 2024 from 11am-2pm.
News
Endswell Featured in the Indy Week for Earth Day
What are the environmental benefits of aquamation? By not combusting the body, we’re not releasing all of these toxic gases and greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. The process only uses about one-tenth of the energy as flame cremation. Flame cremation,…
Final Exit Network Story on Endswell and The Green Burial Project
Final Exit Network Up in Smoke No More by Jay Niver "Beattie is a candid, straight-talking but sincere EOL provider who represents the new era of funeral professionals. His business, Endswell Aquamation, embraces America’s changing view of what constitutes respectful,…
Insider Interview – The Death Industry is Changing
Endswell Aquamation and Funeral Consumers Alliance Interviewed for Insider. Rising costs, declining demand, massive consolidation and government scrutiny: the death industry is changing, maybe for good. By Madison Hall Full Article https://www.businessinsider.com/funeral-industry-costs-rising-cremation-services-2023-7
Entrepreneur Brings Aquamation to Orange County
You could call it a life-changing event that was caused by the way in which someone else chose to have their body handled after death. About a year ago, Hunter Beattie and his wife were working on a renovation of…
New Orange County Aquamation Business Aims to Provide Eco-Friendly Comfort
Hunter Beattie is still relatively new to working around death. The Orange County resident made a significant career change one year ago when he switched from working in real estate and decided to create one of the handful of aquamation…