The Great Lakes Partnership (GLP) is revolutionizing preplanning using the power of professional relationships. We support these relationships with superior marketing materials and financial instruments. Our core mission is to improve the preplanning process for families and the professionals who serve them; including advance funeral planners, estate planners, and funeral homes. GLP grew out of our work as funeral service professionals. In that capacity, we saw first hand the challenges faced by families and those in funeral service and other planning professions. To provide an answer to these challenges, we imagined, created, and launched the Great Lakes Partnership. Our Guiding Principles and Philosophies - Principles: Excellence. Integrity. Authenticity. Goals: Improve preplanning through meaningful and lasting partnerships. Aspirations: Redefine preplanning. Philosophy: Find and work with the partners we would trust to serve our own families and friends.