CEOLP Registration

Register with the Crestone End of Life Project

Registration for our services is only available to Saguache County Colorado residents who have lived here for more than three months and have registered with CEOLP prior to death.

However, more information for non-residents or those interested in starting an end-of-life project in their own community can be obtained through our sister organization, Informed Final Choices (IFC).

Please read the disclaimer below BEFORE registering with CEOLP.

DISCLAIMER

PLEASE READ THIS DISCLAIMER BEFORE
COMPLETING THE CRESTONE END OF LIFE REGISTRATION PACKET

The Crestone End of Life Project (CEOLP) is not a conventional funeral or crematory provider. CEOLP operates as a volunteer run, non-profit organization that supports, and assists in implementing, family-directed home funerals.

Because of Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) requirements CEOLP does not:

1. Transport the body of the deceased.
2. Provide refrigeration for the body of the deceased.
3. Provide a location in which the body of the deceased can remain in repose.

CEOLP offers support to the family in fulfilling the requirements of “home funeral.” If the family is uncomfortable with having the deceased at their home in repose, for up to 72 hours before cremation or burial or with transporting the body to the cremation or burial site, then the family or authorized representative of the deceased must make arrangements with a conventional funeral service provider and assume all costs incurred in doing so.

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CAUTIONARY ADVICE CONCERNING ELECTRONIC IMPLANTS

Please be advised that all electronic implants are potentially explosive when exposed to high temperatures, i.e. during cremation. Even when the battery in the implant is no longer functioning, the device itself remains explosive.

The force of an implant explosion can destroy the interior of a conventional crematory oven. In the case of open-air cremation, the debris from an implant explosion can harm those attending and ruin the pyre structure.

Some green burial cemeteries also require removal of electronic
implants because they are not biodegradable and are toxic.

If you have an electronic implant it is important that you notify family and indicate in your CEOLP REGISTRATION PAPERWORK that you have this device implanted. It must be removed before a cremation can take place. The cost for this procedure is assumed by the client’s estate or family. The procedure can be done by funeral home staff or qualified medical personnel. CEOLP volunteers are not authorized to remove implants.

If you have further questions, contact CEOLP REGISTRAR: ceolp.info@gmail.com or call 719-588-7415.

Alternately, you can request that a complete hard-copy registration packet be mailed to you from the CEOLP Registrar: ceolp.info@gmail.com or call 719-588-7415. Be sure to include your full contact information, and complete mailing address.

CEOLP DONATION STRUCTURE DETAILS

We make every attempt to keep our services affordable and reasonable. We are an all volunteer organization, and we ask only for a small donation to cover hard costs. All suggested donations are tax-deductible and non-refundable.

Crestone End of Life Project donation request description

(All suggested donations are tax-deductible and non-refundable.)

Suggested Donations for our Services

$10 – Donation for registering with CEOLP

OPEN AIR CREMATION
$500 – 800 Suggested Donation to CEOLP to cover care of the body, wood, and fire department presence.

BURIAL IN CEOLP’S NATURAL BURIAL GROUND
$500-$800 Suggested Donation to CEOLP to cover care of the body, site maintenance, and grave marking.

Note: CEOLP cannot accept donations for our services prior to a registrant’s death. See registration packet for information on setting up a “Funeral Fund”.

Please click the button below to donate by credit card or paypal.

If you would like to donate by check or cash, you can mail your donation to:

CEOLP – ATTN: Donations
PO Box 1238
Crestone, Colorado 81131