The Lighthouse Chapter 2067 of The Compassionate Friends held its annual Walk of Remembrance and Butterfly Release Sept. 11, at George H.P. Smith Park in Lewes.
The Compassionate Friends is an organization that helps provide personal comfort and support for families coping with the death of a son or daughter, brother or sister, or grandchild. Participants also support others who are assisting the grieving families.
The local chapter meets at Epworth United Methodist Church in the Branford Room at 7 p.m., the second Thursday of each month.
For more information, email lighthousetcf@gmail.com.
![The Compassionate Friends facilitator Jill Hicks, right, hands out a butterfly envelope to Diane Liebeskind. Each envelope contains a butterfly to release.](/sites/capegazette/files/2021/09/field/image/1030a.jpg)
The Compassionate Friends facilitator Jill Hicks, right, hands out a butterfly envelope to Diane Liebeskind. Each envelope contains a butterfly to release.
![Karen Kreider, left, who lost her son and daughter in a traffic accident as they drove to school, walks in remembrance with her friend Beth Nevill.](/sites/capegazette/files/2021/09/field/image/7132a.jpg)
Karen Kreider, left, who lost her son and daughter in a traffic accident as they drove to school, walks in remembrance with her friend Beth Nevill.
![Wanda Jones, left, who lost her son to a college hazing incident, walks with her friend Mellie Ching.](/sites/capegazette/files/2021/09/field/image/7134a_0.jpg)
Wanda Jones, left, who lost her son to a college hazing incident, walks with her friend Mellie Ching.
![Jan Kennedy of The Compassionate Friends speaks to the people gathered to participate in the Walk of Remembrance and butterfly release.](/sites/capegazette/files/2021/09/field/image/1070a.jpg)
Jan Kennedy of The Compassionate Friends speaks to the people gathered to participate in the Walk of Remembrance and butterfly release.