12/15/2022
To respected afghan community in Nashville and surrounding,
Afghan Association of Nashville has been working hard in the past two year to establish the association as a credible organization in TN. We have recorded our Bylaw, applied and was approved for 501C3 which makes up a nonprofit organization of TN. We have created a Website for our community under Afghan Association of Nashville (AAONTN) and we welcome you to go to the website and sign in to be a member of our Association. The membership will allow you to be able to vote in upcoming election for the Chair of the board and future members of the board. It will also help us in better serving our community and in celebrating our religious holidays and cultural programs.
We know the dire need of our community and request of most of our Afghans residing in Nashville is to have a Cemetery for our community. Afghan Association of Nashville has been working with Harpeth Hill Cemetery located on Highway 100 in Bellevue. Harpeth Hill has giving us a Proposal for 100 Graves.
Here is a breakdown of their proposal,
• 100 Spaces (grave) @$1,825
• Digging of the grave and covering the grave each @1,500
• 100 Vaults @ $675 each (a concrete covering with ceiling and four sides that will protect the deceased instead of concrete blocks.
Total for each grave is $4,000 and price will never change
This price does not include the Funeral services that Harpeth Hill can provide. The price for Funeral services are as follows,
• Basic services of funeral director and staff
• Transfer of deceased to funeral home
• Use of facility to wash and Kafan the deceased
• Filling necessary document (death certificate, Social Security, etc.)
• Transportation to the grave side
Total Price for Funeral Services is $2,595 Subject to change unless prepaid to the funeral home.
There are other services available if anyone decides to add to the funeral services
• Graveside service or chapel service for 1hour $500
• Transporter (container required to transport) $185
• Two death certificates subject to change $30
• Sales tax $90 estimate
We know that 100 Graves seems very minimum at this time. We wanted to bring a peace of mind to our community that if anyone passes, our friends and families do not feel like they don’t have a place to bury their loved ones.
This is not the end of our commitment to our community. We will strive to find a piece of land for a cemetery and perhaps a funeral home for use of our community members while having 100 graves in Harpeth Hill in the meantime.
We wanted to have these graves available for all members of community and not only the ones that can afford $4000. We are asking for a donation and Sadaka in the amount $1,000 per person from our community members so we can pay for these plots. This does not guarantee a grave for each person that pays $1,000 in Sadaka. As a member of our community passes, grave will be available for them. We will ask for a donation (amount under discussion) at the time of burial so we can have funds for the future planning of cemetery and funeral home.
Please go to Afghan Association of Nashville (https://www.aaontn.org/) to sign up for Membership and Pay your SDAKA of $1,000 for the Cemetery.
