Butterfly Run funds help local families heal |
Thanks to funds raised by the annual Peterborough Butterfly Run, Peterborough Health Services Foundation (GPHSF) partnered for a second year with the Pregnancy and Infant Loss Network and Hospice Peterborough to offer a fall bereavement retreat at Tecasy Ranch, Buckhorn, for families who have experienced a pregnancy or infant loss.
In addition to supporting the bereavement retreats, which began in 2025, proceeds from the Butterfly Run have supported several other initiatives.
“Funds raised at the event have been used to provide ongoing specialized education in Perinatal Bereavement Care to health care providers across Peterborough city and county, establish more than 10 lending libraries for individuals and their families located across Peterborough City and County, as well as the development of bereavement kits for families and individuals who experience early and later pregnancy loss and infant loss,” reads a release.
More than 1,000 bereavement kits have been provided to families and individuals by health care providers, since........