Release & Remember

Mark your calendar for the 10th annual Cedar Valley Hospice Release & Remember event on Sunday, Sept. 12. Join staff, volunteers, families and friends of Cedar Valley Hospice to celebrate someone you love. This event brings hundreds of community supporters to the banks of the Cedar River for an afternoon that has become an annual tradition of honoring loved ones. A program and the release of 1,000 monarch butterflies will take place at 2:30 p.m. at the RiverLoop Amphitheatre in downtown Waterloo. Family-friendly activities, music provided by the band, Never The Less, a free picnic lunch will begin at 1 p.m. and is available while supplies last. Wheelchair ushers will be on hand at the accessible entrance to the Amphitheatre by the Phelps Youth Pavilion where handicap parking is available. Mobility assistance is also provided by golf cart shuttle service throughout the area.