Butterfly fundraising events (Ball and Release during April, May 2016) - Effingham St. Anthony's Hospital HSHS

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HSHS St. Anthony’s Foundation invites the community to its first annual “Butterfly Ball” on Friday, April 15, co-sponsored by Central Illinois Radiological Associates, Ltd.  This “dress to impress” fundraising event will be held at the Keller Convention Center, starting with cocktails at 5:30 p.m., followed by 6:30 p.m. dinner, program and live auction, and concluding with Live Music by Superbad starting at 9 p.m.  The cost is $65 for individual tickets or $120 per couple.  Reservations for tables of 8 or 10 are available. All proceeds from the Butterfly Ball benefit the hospital’s Mother/Baby Program and the HSHS Hospice “Everlasting Memories” Program.

Shawna O’Dell, Director of HSHS Home Care and Hospice, explained why the butterfly is the perfect symbol for the programs that the event is supporting.  “The butterfly represents the transformation of the spirit, the course of our life cycle, and becoming free to take flight. Our Mother/Baby program is a wellness visit that is free of charge to new parents and gives their baby the best start to the beginning of their life cycle,” she said. “As our Hospice patients are completing their life cycle, we want to grant them their last wish through our Everlasting Memories program. This last wish gives the patient a special moment in their last days and creates a fond memory for the family members.”

As part of the evening’s festivities, St. Anthony Grade School students will have a display of butterflies at the Butterfly Ball. Kelly Sager, St. Anthony’s Chief Nursing Officer, and her husband Matt donated butterfly larvae to the fifth grade classrooms at St. Anthony Grade School and the students are raising the butterflies for the event. The students will be giving those at the event an opportunity to “purchase” butterflies in honor of a birth or in memory of a loved one’s passing. This opportunity to “purchase” a butterfly is open to all in the community. Butterflies will be available for a $25 donation to either the HSHS St. Anthony’s Mother/Baby Program or the HSHS Hospice “Everlasting Memories” Program. Those who “purchase” a butterfly will be invited to participate in a Butterfly Release event to be held Sunday, May 1 at 1 p.m. in St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital’s Healing Garden, where they will be given their butterfly to release, as they are set free to take flight.