17th Annual Butterfly Release

Registration: 9AM | Ceremony 10AM

Join us as we honor the living and celebrate the memory of loved ones by sponsoring a butterfly in their names. The ceremony will include the public reading of the names of those being honored and/or remembered, music, inspirational readings, and
a magnificent release of butterflies.

The emergence of a butterfly is a sign of renewal of life and its flight symbolizes freedom and happiness.

Your gift of $25 per butterfly/name, benefits Simmons Cancer Institute at SIU.

The mission of SIU Simmons Cancer Institute is serving the people of central and southern Illinois by addressing their present and future cancer care needs through medical education, biomedical research, patient care and community service.