CHAPEL HILL, NC - Spirit … Transformation … Hope.

The butterfly is a symbol of all these. For children and adults with cancer and other serious illnesses, the butterfly represents what is possible.

One-hundred bright Monarch butterflies will be released in the N.C. Children’s Hospital Butterfly Garden on Thursday, October 2 to honor the patients, families, health professionals, and volunteers of the UNC Hospitals community.

The Butterfly Garden was the brainchild of Oncology Physician Assistant John Strader, and created by Derek Baker for his Eagle Scout Designation with his troop, Chapel Hill BSA Troop 39, his family, and volunteers from Oncology Services.

Beloved local folk artist Clyde Jones created the four beautiful wooden butterflies that grace the garden, and UNC Hospitals provided the charming benches.

Please join us for this spectacular event.

UNC Hospitals Annual Butterfly Release
Thursday October 2 at noon (12 p.m.)
N.C. Children’s Hospital Butterfly Garden (Children’s Hospital Lobby)
UNC Hospitals
101 Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, NC

For more information about the N.C. Children’s Hospital Butterfly Garden, or to support the garden by sponsoring a butterfly, please contact Susan Siegel at 0919-966-6527 or sysiegel@unch.unc.edu.