Hospice butterfly release in Lewiston

Hunter Case, 6, of Lisbon Falls gently places a butterfly onto a flower that he found on the ground after over 600 were released at Saturday’s Butterfly Release Celebration at Geiger Elementary School in Lewiston. For the ninth year, Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice put on the event that celebrates the lives of those lost in the past year. Case lost his father, Ryan.

Abriella Goulet, 5, of Minot gently places a butterfly onto a flower that she found on the ground after over 600 were released at Saturday’s Butterfly Release Celebration at Geiger Elementary School in Lewiston. For the ninth year, Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice put on the event that celebrates the lives of those lost in the past year.

Rylee Bourque, 6, of Poland gently places a butterfly onto a flower that she found on the ground after over 600 were released at Saturday’s Butterfly Release Celebration at Geiger Elementary School in Lewiston. For the ninth year, Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice put on the event that celebrates the lives of those lost in the past year.

Sonya Viselli, 11, of Bath looks at a butterfly that flew onto her hand as another lights in her hair after over 600 were released at Saturday’s Butterfly Release Celebration at Geiger Elementary School in Lewiston. For the ninth year, Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice put on the event that celebrates the lives of those lost in the past year. She recently lost her great-grandmother.