Mountain View Hospice Society’s Annual Memorial Butterfly Release Is Sunday

Mountain View Hospice Society is celebrating the beauty in life with their annual Memorial Butterfly Release on Sunday afternoon.

This is the 4th annual edition of the event, held at the Olds College Wetlands.

Purchase your live butterfly to be released during a ceremony on the day for $25.

Mary Marshall, Executive Director of the Mountain View Hospice Society, says it’s truly a beautiful event.

“This is the 4th annual Memorial Butterfly Release, people purchase a painted lady butterfly in honor or memory of someone they’ve lost”

There are still butterflies available, but today is the last day to order.

Participation in the event will help support palliative care in Mountain View County.

The 4th annual Mountain View Hospice Society Butterfly Memorial Release ceremony is on Sunday afternoon at 2 at the Olds College Wetlands.

To order your butterfly, visit Olds Hospice.com/butterfly release.

 

 

Bernd van't Klooster
Bernd van't Klooster
Bernd Van't Klooster is a morning show host and news reporter with Vista Radio. Bernd has been a part of the team at 96.5 CKFM in his hometown of Olds since 2018. Bernd knows our community, having graduated from both Olds High School and Olds College. After his time at OC, Bernd graduated from the RTBN Program at SAIT. In addition to his news work, Bernd is also the play by play voice of Mountain View Colts hockey on CKFM. Bernd is a Dutch citizen, he can answer any of your wooden shoe questions! If you have a community event or announcement for us, get in touch with Bernd!

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