{"id":1244,"date":"2018-07-17T17:00:59","date_gmt":"2018-07-17T17:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madd.org\/georgia\/?p=1244"},"modified":"2022-05-25T12:42:07","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T12:42:07","slug":"madd-honors-victims-with-butterfly-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madd.org\/georgia\/madd-honors-victims-with-butterfly-release\/","title":{"rendered":"MADD Honors Victims with Butterfly Release"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1244\" class=\"elementor elementor-1244\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1ea304a3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1ea304a3\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-56fda94f\" data-id=\"56fda94f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-219c15a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"219c15a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<h4>On July 14th, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Georgia honored lives lost and lives impacted by drunk and drugged driving at the Colquitt County Justice Center in Moultrie, GA for the MADD South Georgia Vigil and Butterfly Release.<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Gary Robinson, MADD South Georgia Community Action Site Leader, welcomed attendees to the event.<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Shermaine Johnson, MADD Georgia Victim Services Specialist, provided the audience with a beautiful invocation, and MADD Georgia Manager of Victim Services, Shannon Duffey, led the butterfly release ceremony.<\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2360\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2360\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/georgia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2018\/07\/ShannonChristiGaryShermaine-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/georgia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2018\/07\/ShannonChristiGaryShermaine-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/madd.org\/georgia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2018\/07\/ShannonChristiGaryShermaine.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2360\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pictured above (left to right): Shannon Duffey \u2013 MADD Georgia Manager of Victim Services; Christi Roy \u2013 MADD South Georgia Volunteer; Gary Robinson \u2013 MADD South Georgia Community Action Site Leader ; and Shermaine Johnson \u2013 MADD Georgia Victim Services Specialist.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4>Those in attendance were provided with an envelope including a butterfly that they were able to release during the ceremony.<\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2361\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2361\" style=\"width: 256px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/georgia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2018\/07\/BF14-768x900-1-256x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madd.org\/georgia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2018\/07\/BF14-768x900-1-256x300.jpg 256w, https:\/\/madd.org\/georgia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2018\/07\/BF14-768x900-1.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2361\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Featured above is a photo of materials provided to attendees at the Vigil and Butterfly Release.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4>Sheriff Donald Whitaker of the Worth County Sheriff\u2019s Office provided remarks. 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