{"id":37924,"date":"2026-05-13T14:50:40","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T19:50:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=37924"},"modified":"2026-05-13T14:50:40","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T19:50:40","slug":"memorial-butterfly-release-ceremonies-4","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/calendar\/37924-memorial-butterfly-release-ceremonies-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Memorial Butterfly Release Ceremonies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-tribe_events pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>HSHS Home Care invites community members to join them for butterfly release ceremonies at two Hospital Sisters Health System hospitals:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Thursday, May 21, at 5:30 p.m. in the Healing Garden of St. Anthony\u2019s Memorial Hospital in Effingham<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday, May 27, at 4:00 p.m. in the Healing Garden (east side) of Good Shepherd Hospital in Shelbyville<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Family and friends are invited to celebrate and remember the life of a loved one who has passed.\u00a0 The ceremonies will include the reading of the names of those being honored in addition to the butterfly release.<\/p>\n<p>Valerie Engelbart, Bereavement Services Supervisor for HSHS Home Care, said, \u201cThese butterfly release ceremonies provide a special time for families in our communities to honor their loved ones.\u00a0 The butterfly represents the transformation of the spirit as our loved ones transition from this life.\u00a0 As we release butterflies together, we celebrate the lives that have touched our hearts and find comfort in our shared experiences of love and loss.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to attending to honor a loved one, you are invited to personally release a butterfly for your loved one by reserving a butterfly for $15 to be paid prior to the ceremony.\u00a0 To purchase a butterfly and\/or RSVP for the ceremony, contact Engelbart by calling or texting 217-685-0702 or emailing valerie.engelbart@hshs.org .<\/p>\n<p>You may also reserve a butterfly online by visiting <a href=\"http:\/\/giving.hshs.org\/sae\/donate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">giving.hshs.org\/sae\/donate<\/a> and following these steps:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Under the \u201cI want to support\u201d section, select \u201cButterfly Release and\/or Hospice Memorials\u201d.<\/li>\n<li>Check \u201cI would like to dedicate this gift\u201d, select type of dedication (In Memory Of), and fill in the name of your loved one under \u201cHonoree name.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information about HSHS, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/hshs.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hshs.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HSHS Home Care invites community members to join them for butterfly release ceremonies at two Hospital Sisters Health System hospitals: Thursday, May 21, at 5:30 p.m. in the Healing Garden [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[40],"class_list":["post-37924","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry","tribe_events_cat-community-calendar","cat_community-calendar"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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