Butterfly Houses are important to our Founder, Dianne Baldridge. She has always believed in giving back to the community, and for years Dianne has envisioned Butterfly Houses filling a need she sees in communities across America.

A few years ago that need became even more apparent and compelling for Dianne. Her parents grew ill and, after lengthy stays in hospitals and nursing homes, her mother passed away. Her father died a few months later. “We were fortunate that my parents could live in a facility near our home,” Dianne explains, “but we saw other families who drove great distances or stayed in hotels for weeks on end. It was so costly for them, not only in the dollars they had to spend, but also in the time they spent away from their wives or their husbands and their children.”

Butterfly Houses can make those difficult times a little easier on everyone. Dianne’s vision is to build Butterfly Houses across America, starting with one in her home state of Michigan. Funded completely by voluntary donations from corporate citizens and people who care and share Dianne’s dream, Butterfly Houses will provide a home away from home for families who need to stay in distant cities to care for aging parents. Often, families want to stay near their parents but can’t afford hotels and restaurants for extended periods of time. Butterfly Houses will give these families a place where they can eat, sleep and enjoy family time together in a loving, safe and caring environment.