Butterflies go free
More than a hundred staff, caregivers, patients and friends of Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health gathered to release hundreds of butterflies into the sky to celebrate five years of providing patient care in the fight against neurodegenerative diseases.
Kristine Zamarin admires a painted lady butterfly that was released during the fifth anniversary celebration of the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas on Friday, Sept. 12, 2014. Zamarin, along with staff, volunteers, patients of the facility, gather to release hundreds of butterflies into the sky, commemorating the centerճ accomplishments and promise to continue the fight against neurodegenerative diseases. (Photo by David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Kristine Zamarin admires a painted lady butterfly that was released during the fifth anniversary celebration of the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas on Friday, Sept. 12, 2014. Zamarin, along with staff, volunteers, patients of the facility, gather to release hundreds of butterflies into the sky, commemorating the centerճ accomplishments and promise to continue the fight against neurodegenerative diseases. (Photo by David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Supporters Anne Menzel, left and her husband, Brian Mensel, released painted lady butterflies during the fifth anniversary celebration of the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas on Friday, Sept. 12, 2014. The two, along with staff members, volunteers and patients of the facility, gather to release hundreds of butterflies into the sky, commemorating the centerճ accomplishments and promise to continue the fight against neurodegenerative diseases. (Photo by David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Patient services representative Denitra Thompson, right, photographs a painted lady butterfly being displayed by co-worker Kristyn Brown that was released during the fifth anniversary celebration of the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas on Friday, Sept. 12, 2014. The two, along with other staff members, volunteers and patients of the facility, gather to release hundreds of butterflies into the sky, commemorating the centerճ accomplishments and promise to continue the fight against neurodegenerative diseases. (Photo by David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Patient services representative Kristyn Brown holds a painted lady butterfly was released during the fifth anniversary celebration of the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas on Friday, Sept. 12, 2014. Brown, along with other staff members, volunteers and patients of the facility, gather to release hundreds of butterflies into the sky, commemorating the centerճ accomplishments and promise to continue the fight against neurodegenerative diseases. (Photo by David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Patient services representative Denitra Thompson, right, passes a painted lady butterfly to co-worker Kristyn Brown that was released during the fifth anniversary celebration of the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas on Friday, Sept. 12, 2014. The two, along with other staff members, volunteers and patients of the facility, gather to release hundreds of butterflies into the sky, commemorating the centerճ accomplishments and promise to continue the fight against neurodegenerative diseases. (Photo by David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Patient services representative Denitra Thompson collects a painted lady butterfly that was released during the fifth anniversary celebration of the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas on Friday, Sept. 12, 2014. Thompson, along with other staff members, volunteers and patients of the facility, gather to release hundreds of butterflies into the sky, commemorating the centerճ accomplishments and promise to continue the fight against neurodegenerative diseases. (Photo by David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Kristine Zamarin admires a painted lady butterfly that was released during the fifth anniversary celebration of the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas on Friday, Sept. 12, 2014. Zamarin, along with staff, volunteers and patients of the facility, gathered to release hundreds of butterflies into the sky, commemorating the centerճ accomplishments and promise to continue the fight against neurodegenerative diseases. (Photo by David Becker/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health celebrated five years of patient care by releasing hundreds of butterflies in the garden at the medical center on Friday.
More than a hundred staffers, caregivers, patients and friends released butterflies and balloons to commemorate the center’s fight against neurodegenerative diseases.
In five years, the center has seen more than 55,000 patient visits.
