{"id":8730,"date":"2025-05-02T09:24:24","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T14:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=8730"},"modified":"2025-05-02T09:28:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T14:28:12","slug":"memorial-butterfly-release-ceremonies","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/calendar\/8730-memorial-butterfly-release-ceremonies\/","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 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HSHS Home Care invites community members to join them for butterfly release ceremonies celebrating loved ones at locations throughout central Illinois at these Hospital Sisters Health System hospitals:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li><strong>HSHS St. Anthony\u2019s Memorial Hospital, Effingham<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thursday, May 15 at 5:30 p.m. in the Healing Garden.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li><strong>HSHS St. Mary\u2019s Hospital, Decatur<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tuesday, May 20 at 5:30 p.m. in the Cancer Center Garden.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li><strong>HSHS St. Francis Hospital, Litchfield<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wednesday, May 28 at 5:30 p.m. in the circle drive by St. Francis statue.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li><strong>HSHS Good Shepherd Hospital, Shelbyville<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thursday, May 29 at 4 p.m. in the Healing Garden (east side of hospital)<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li><strong>HSHS St. John\u2019s Hospital, Springfield<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thursday, June 5 at 5:30 p.m., Pavilion Garden<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Family and friends are invited to celebrate and remember the life of a loved one who has passed. The ceremonies will include the reading of the names of those being honored in addition to the butterfly release.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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 style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Valerie.engelbart@hshs.org\">valerie.engelbart@hshs.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You may also reserve a butterfly online by visiting\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/giving.hshs.org\/sae\/Donate\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/giving.hshs.org\/sae\/Donate&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1746218313051000&amp;usg=AOvVaw07Jt1WXZDeKKTqNZJbO2Nl\">giving.hshs.org\/sae\/donate<\/a>\u00a0and following these steps:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li>Select \u201cHospice\/Everlasting Memories\/Butterfly Release\u201d under the Designation section.<\/li>\n<li>Select \u201cThis gift is in honor, memory or support of someone\u201d under the Tribute Gift section and fill in the name of your loved one.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For more information about HSHS, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hshs.org\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.hshs.org\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1746218313051000&amp;usg=AOvVaw03sFiqkHX3n_luNU6ATxZv\">hshs.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HSHS Home Care invites community members to join them for butterfly release ceremonies celebrating loved ones at locations throughout central Illinois at these Hospital Sisters Health System hospitals: HSHS St. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[40],"class_list":["post-8730","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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