Butterflies released for moms, kids at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta

Mother’s Day can be a day of brunch and flowers for some families, but for others, the holiday may shine a light on the struggles of the previous year. For families at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, they know this all too well.

To celebrate those families exactly where they are, Atlanta-based Arrow Exterminators partnered with Children’s to showcase their expertise — bugs — with a butterfly release at the new Arthur M. Blank Hospital on Thursday.

“One of our core values as a company is community, and we love to give back to the communities we serve,” Jason Pelham, vice president of marketing at Arrow Exterminators, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. “For mothers on Mother’s Day, we do a butterfly release.”

This is a tradition for the family-owned pest and termite control company. Arrow Exterminators has been hosting the butterfly release at Children’s every May for over a decade, according to Pelham, including a virtual celebration during the COVID-19 pandemic. In previous years, the release was held at Children’s Eggleston and Scottish Rite campuses…

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