National Cremation Society

11/11/2025

11/05/2025

We're honored to be part of this community effort. A true blessing to help and serve families in need. ❤️

10/29/2025

NCS Port Charlotte was proud to co-sponsor the Charlotte Harbor Sunset Rotary Club’s Witching Tea! It was a great success, raising funds for charity, and was a lot of Halloween fun too!
Pictured are Service Manager Gloria Yanni and Office Coordinator Rachelle Pastorfield in their witchy get-ups.

10/20/2025

It's OK to grieve and rest.

10/06/2025

October 6-10 is National Customer Service Week. Every member of our team across the U.S. is here to serve you and your family with compassion, and make your burden lighter.

10/02/2025

area folks, please join us next Friday, Oct. 10, at our office to enjoy some yummy treats, meet our staff, and enter our raffle to win an iPad! Hope to see you there!

09/22/2025

Wishing you a sweet new year.

09/16/2025

On September 11, three Florida NCS teams, from Naples, Sarasota, and Port Charlotte, together participated in Patriot Day at Sarasota National Cemetery to honor and remember the fallen and volunteer to clean headstones.
“Each year the group seems to grow. It is truly a humbling experience,” said Port Charlotte Service Manager Gloria Yanni. “Extra thanks to Karen Taylor, our Sarasota service manager, for providing drinks and snacks to all of the volunteers along with dressing our team to represent.”

09/16/2025

"I've spent most of my life just focused on the road ahead, not looking back," Redford said in the acceptance speech for his 2002 honorary Oscar. "But now tonight, I'm seeing in the rearview mirror that there is something I've not thought about much, called history."

Robert Redford has died at 89. He was known for his long career as an actor and director, with films like 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid', 'The Sting', 'All the President's Men' and 'Ordinary People'

09/11/2025

09/09/2025

As a longtime supporter of the Rotary Club, NCS Port Charlotte was invited to have a table with NCS info and swag at the District 6960 Rotarians’ kick-off event.
Our response: Absolutely!
The event drew a crowd of about 200 participants, along with other business supporters. A great networking event and a great way to spread the word about the services we offer.
Pictured is Service Manager Gloria Yanni at the NCS table.

09/02/2025

Reminder! There's still time to RSVP for Wednesday evening's webinar.

Please join us for the third in our free 2025 webinar series, in partnership with For Grief, on Wednesday, September 3, in which grief experts will discuss issues related to grandparents and loss.
If you're unable to make it, you can register, and a recording of the webinar will be emailed to you after the event. Everyone is welcome.
Register with this link, or the QR code: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_nCr-deCcRQGazS0rDA7JVg #/registration

07/30/2025

NCS Port Charlotte Service Manager Gloria Yanni joined other community members in welcoming new teachers at the annual breakfast organized by the Charlotte County Chamber of Commerce. This year there were over 150, and 250 attendees total!
Local businesses are asked to sponsor a teacher’s breakfast and join them, along with providing promotional items that the teachers will find useful and enjoy for their goody bags. The NCS Port Charlotte team provided booklets of post-it notes.
"I was happy to attend, meet some new teachers and find out a little about them, such as what drew them to our area, and if they are a new to teaching or have transferred from another area," Gloria said. "We also congratulated Charlotte County’s 2025-26 teacher of the year, Addison Montgomery. It's always a worthwhile community event!"
Pictured are Gloria, Addison Montgomery, Charlotte County Chamber Executive Director Bob White, and breakfast attendees.

07/02/2025

NCS Port Charlotte Service Manager Gloria Yanni attended the monthly Our Charlotte Elders Affairs Network (OCEAN) meeting. The breakfast, sponsored by Charlotte Harbor Sunset Rotary, was an opportunity for a lot of networking.
“We learned about current events and how we can help other organizations in our community,” Gloria said. “It’s always an enlightening experience.”
The team also sponsored centerpieces for the Rotary’s Annual Change of Watch Dinner and Ceremony.
"We had a delicious dinner at River City Grille and welcomed new President Suzi Jamrog. Always proud to be a Rotarian!" Gloria said. Pictured are outgoing President Suzanne VanDrus, center, and Jamrog.

06/17/2025

NCS Port Charlotte Service Manager Gloria Yanni and her team had the pleasure of sponsoring the cake for the monthly birthday celebration of folks at ActivAge at Chelsea Place senior day care center in Port Charlotte.
“They enjoyed their party and always have a blast there,” Gloria said. “ActivAge keeps them young at heart!” 🎂🎉

05/30/2025

NCS Port Charlotte Service Manager Gloria Yanni attended the 31st Annual OCEAN (Our Charlotte Elder Affairs Network) Sunflower luncheon, which honors a community member who advocates for and supports seniors and their families.
The Port Charlotte team “always sponsors the centerpieces to go with the sunflower theme, and provides a fun raffle drawing basket,” Gloria said. “This year the basket was a great beach bag full of beach items and other goodies. The food was delicious, as always, and it was a pleasure to congratulate this year’s award recipient, Sandra Alhbrand, who donated the award money to her charity of choice, Meals on Wheels America."

05/05/2025

NCS Port Charlotte Office Coordinator Rachelle Pastorfield and Service Manager Gloria Yanni attended an OCEAN (Our Charlotte Elder Affairs Network) fundraiser at Visani Comedy Theater, Port Charlotte.
"OCEAN helps unpaid caregivers get well-deserved appreciation and a much-needed break, and is always looking for ways to raise funds in support of their mission," Gloria said. "Visani, a great, family-owned establishment, gives back to the community in a lot of ways, including offering discounted tickets for fundraisers so proceeds can go back to the organization. We had a wonderful dinner and saw a great comedian, John Carfi."

04/23/2025

NCS Port Charlotte sponsored the monthly OCEAN (Our Charlotte Elder Affairs Network) breakfast meeting.
“We had around 35 members and guests with lots of networking time, and guest speaker Jason Woods, of Innovative Movement and Balance Center here in Port Charlotte,” Service Manager Gloria Yanni said. “He specializes in helping patients with Parkinson’s Disease. Our pre-arrangement advisor, Lacey Shook, was able to join us and got to speak a little about how we can help clients with prearrangement here at National Cremation Society.”

03/27/2025

NCS Port Charlotte Service Manager Gloria Yanni attended the grand reopening and ribbon-cutting for Kays-Ponger & Uselton Funeral Homes and Cremation Services in Punta Gorda, FL. They have made extensive renovations after the past three hurricanes that hit the area.
There was a large turnout of support from local businesses and community, including the Charlotte County Chamber of Commerce and Punta Gorda Chamber of Commerce. Funeral Director Glen Pomerantz gave a tour of their beautiful facility to Gloria, who said, “I was very happy to attend and show my support.” Pictured are public relations associate Stacy Jones and co-owner Mark Kays.

03/26/2025

NCS Port Charlotte Service Manager Gloria Yanni attended the monthly Our Charlotte Elder Affairs Network (OCEAN).
"We had a great turnout of approximately 25 guests/members," Gloria said. "Rather than having a guest speaker, after introducing ourselves and our businesses, we played a fun “get you know you” game so that we could learn more about each other and network more effectively. It was a great time getting to know other community business leaders and learning about local events that may help grow our businesses."

03/24/2025

Continuing an annual tradition, NCS Port Charlotte was once again a silver sponsor at Public Safety Appreciation Night in Punta Gorda. There were hors d’oeuvres, a DJ, silent auction and a cocktail party, but the main event was awards honoring local heroes at the State Attorney’s office, the Department of Corrections, Fish & Wildlife Conservation, FHP, local fire, police, and EMTs, and students who were nominated to the Do The Right Thing program. Special thanks to local Rotarians who helped organize this event!

02/26/2025

NCS Port Charlotte Service Manager Gloria Yanni attended the monthly Our Charlotte Elder Affairs Network (OCEAN) meeting, where the guest speaker was Certified Coach, Speaker and Trainer Frank Menard. He offered the group of about 60 useful insights on how to develop and strive for what you want, both personally and professionally.