Butterflies and Prayers offers one dozen free butterflies for specific approved funerals and memorials.
Families of members of the police force, fire fighters, armed forces, and other such heroes are eligible to apply for one dozen free butterflies for their funeral or memorial. Funerals and memorials for those who lose their lives due to the violent act of another are eligible as well as memorials for babies lost to miscarriage.
Butterflies symbolize the soul, hope, and resurrection. Releasing butterflies at a memorial or funeral brings comfort to grieving hearts.
Some of the letters that have been written by recipients of free butterflies for their memorial release are on the website.
Although shipping must be paid by donations or by the family or the butterflies picked up by an AFB member's farm. Tax-deduct able donations will be applied to the expense of shipping butterflies for these families butterfly releases. Please consider offering a donation to cover this expense for those who have lost loved ones.
Members of the Association for Butterflies donate butterflies for recipients of a free butterfly funeral or memorial release through Butterflies and Prayers.
