Blessing Hospice will host its Butterfly Moments community event on Sunday, August 16, at the Moorman Park Medium Shelter, located at 1610 Moorman Park Road in Quincy. Orders for butterflies must be placed by August 1.
Butterfly Moments is open to all area residents who wish to honor the memory of a deceased loved one by purchasing and releasing a butterfly. The person being honored does not have to have had received hospice care. The butterfly symbolizes the transition between life and death. The caterpillar forms its cocoon and prepares to leave the life it knows, becoming a lovely butterfly and beginning a new life.
Cost is $10 per butterfly. Orders must be placed by August 1 at blessinghealth.org/butterflymoments and completing the online form. If someone needs help ordering butterflies, staff will be available to help at the Blessing Foundation office, 4939 Oak Street in Quincy, on July 28 from 11 am to 3 pm.
T-shirts are also available and must be ordered by Thursday, July 24. Shirt pickup will be at the Blessing Foundation office from August 10 through August 14.
The day of the event
On Sunday, August 1, the event will begin at 1:30 pm with distribution of purchased butterflies. A list of the names of those being honored and release of the butterflies in unison will take place at approximately 2 p.m. Live music and kids' activities will also be available along with light refreshments.
Butterfly Moments will be held rain or shine. In the event of rain, those reserving butterflies must come to Moorman Park and pick up their butterfly to release at their own time when the weather clears.
The Moorman Park large shelter house is off of North 36th Street, with an additional entrance from Columbus Road between 36 and 48th Streets, in Quincy.
If an individual reserving the butterfly cannot attend, the butterfly will be released by a member of the Blessing Hospice staff.
For additional questions about Butterfly Moments, please call Blessing Hospice at 217-440-0816.