Wesley Village Chaplain Nathan King, standing at left, gives instructions on how each resident can release their butterfly on Thursday at Myers Manor.
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Wesley Village Chaplain Nathan King, standing at left, gives instructions on how each resident can release their butterfly on Thursday at Myers Manor.

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<p>Wesley Village Chaplain Nathan King passes a butterfly to resident Theresa Ormando (wearing a pink top), during the butterfly release on Thursday.</p>
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Wesley Village Chaplain Nathan King passes a butterfly to resident Theresa Ormando (wearing a pink top), during the butterfly release on Thursday.

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<p>Wesley Village Myers Manor resident Joan Pribula watches the monarch butterfly leave the envelope it was occupying during the butterfly release at the campus.</p>
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Wesley Village Myers Manor resident Joan Pribula watches the monarch butterfly leave the envelope it was occupying during the butterfly release at the campus.

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<p>Joyce Scrobola, seated center, helps her mother Joyce Stocker, release her butterfly, as Stocker’s granddaughter, Grace Scrobola, and son-in-law, Jimmy Scrobola, look on.</p>
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Joyce Scrobola, seated center, helps her mother Joyce Stocker, release her butterfly, as Stocker’s granddaughter, Grace Scrobola, and son-in-law, Jimmy Scrobola, look on.

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<p>Nancy Dingman, a Wesley Village Myers Manor resident, waits for her butterfly to take flight.</p>
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Nancy Dingman, a Wesley Village Myers Manor resident, waits for her butterfly to take flight.

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INKERMAN — United Methodist Homes Wesley Village Campus hosted a butterfly release on Thursday, Aug. 8, at Myers Manor. Residents purchased monarch butterflies in honor of loved ones and released them at the courtyard behind Myers Manor.