Helping Families Preserve More Than Photographs — Their Voice, Their Stories, Their Life
Legacy Programming™ gives the families you serve a warm, personal way to keep a loved one's voice, stories, memories, and wisdom — before or alongside memorial planning, in their own words.
The stories behind a life, kept for the people who love them.
Why Legacy Matters
Funeral and memorial professionals often meet families at moments when stories, photographs, and memories take on special meaning. Families gather keepsakes, share favorite stories, and reflect on what made a life unique.
Legacy Programming™ gives your organization another thoughtful way to encourage families to preserve those stories — in voice, video, and writing — so they can be kept, shared, and revisited for years to come. It complements the care and services you already provide.
An example reflection
We saved the photos, but I wish we had saved the stories that went with them.
Preserved stories give families something personal to return to, whenever they want to remember.
What Can Be Preserved
Every family decides what to share, and every story stays in their private vault.
Personal & Childhood Stories
Where they grew up, favorite memories, and the stories the family always asks to hear.
Family Traditions
Holidays, recipes, rituals, and the stories behind photographs and cherished keepsakes.
Relationships & Life's Work
Marriage and relationship stories, career milestones, and experiences of service.
Humor & Personality
The jokes, sayings, and small moments that made them unmistakably themselves.
Voice & Video
Voice recordings and video messages that keep the sound of a loved one close.
Wisdom & Messages
Advice, life lessons, and messages for children and grandchildren.
How Legacy Programming™ Works
An organization-sponsored experience that complements what you already offer — simple for your team, deeply personal for every participant.
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Your organization introduces it
You invite families to take part — as a sponsored benefit offered by your organization.
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Each person gets a private Legacy Vault
Every participant creates their own secure vault — a personal home for their stories.
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Guided prompts and the Solace Guide
Thoughtful prompts and our gentle Solace Guide help people find the words, one conversation at a time.
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Save stories in any form
Voice, video, written stories, photos, memories, and personal messages can all be preserved.
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Families keep ownership
Participants and their families own and control access to their private vaults. Staff do not have access to private memory content.
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We handle implementation
Solace Moment provides setup, training materials, and ongoing support so your team isn't carrying it alone.
Sample Solace Guide Prompts
The Solace Guide offers warm, open-ended questions — a conversation, not an interview. Participants can answer in their own voice, skip anything, and come back whenever they like.
- What story does your family always ask you to tell?
- What was your childhood home like?
- Who had the greatest influence on your life?
- What family tradition means the most to you?
- What are you most proud of?
- What lesson would you most like your children or grandchildren to remember?
- Tell me about one of the happiest moments of your life.
- What would you want future generations to know about you?
Benefits for Your Organization
Another Meaningful Service
A thoughtful legacy-preservation offering that complements the services families already value from you.
Deeper Family Engagement
Gives families a warm, personal way to stay connected to your organization and to each other.
The Stories Behind a Life
Helps capture more than dates and photographs — the voice, humor, and wisdom behind them.
Supports Pre-Planning Conversations
A natural, gentle complement for families who are planning ahead and want to share their story.
Something to Revisit
Families create a lasting collection they can return to, share, and add to over time.
Private and Family-Owned
Each vault belongs to the family. Your staff do not have access to private memory content.
Legacy Days
Host a No-Cost Legacy Day
Funeral homes, cemeteries, memorial organizations, and community partners can host a no-cost Legacy Day. Solace Moment introduces the idea of legacy preservation and helps participants begin recording the stories that matter to them.
Bring Legacy Programming™ to Your Organization
Tell us a little about your organization. We'll follow up within one business day to talk through how Legacy Programming™ could complement the services you offer families.