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(Girls singing)
[narrator] These butterflies make spirits soar.
[Ida Covington] I really enjoy them.
[Amaya Flowers] I love being a Butterfly.
[narrator] The Butterflies are young girls from
Saint Peter United Methodist Church
in Hamlet, North Carolina.
Several times a month, they call on those who are ill,
in nursing homes, or just feeling blue.
Eighty-eight-year-old Ethel Roary looks forward to the visits.
[Ethel Roary] Makes me feel real good.
Even feel much younger.
[narrator] The girls hand out cards and gifts, lead prayer...
[group] Amen
♪ (music) ♪
[narrator] ...and show off their dancing.
Pastor Angelo Troy recalls a recent visit.
[Angelo Troy] I had a relative to die.
The Butterflies came over. They sang a song
and had a prayer and that uplifted me so much.
[narrator] Ten-year-old Briana Allen says the group's name
has a special meaning.
[Briana Allen] In my classroom while we were talking about the
metamorphosis of a butterfly for science, something just popped
up and it said, "That could be a name of the group."
[narrator] Program founder Betty Ewing witnesses
the transformation.
Girls bond with their elders and look to them for guidance.
[Betty Ewing] Lot of them hey'll sit down and they'll talk
to the girls: "Respect your aunt," you know.
Do the right things Don't hang with the bad crowd.
[narrator] There are seven butterflies, ages six to 12.
Amaya Flowers says they're often invited back for repeat performances.
[Amaya Flowers] Some of them said that, "Could you come
another day and come see us again,
because your voices sound good."
[Angelo Troy] I think they'll look back on this in their life
and this will be an important part of their life that
they will never forget.