We are thrilled to announce that the 2025 Butterfly Walk for Lupus & Fibromyalgia will once again take place at the prestigious Boo Williams Sportsplex in Hampton, Virginia. As pioneers in hosting the first indoor walk for these debilitating illnesses, Social Butterflies Foundation is dedicated to providing a platform for thrivers to unite and advocate for themselves. The event, scheduled for August 2, 2025, promises an afternoon of empowerment, education, and solidarity. With doors opening at noon and the walk kicking off at 1:00 pm, attendees can look forward to a day filled with meaningful connections, entertainment, and the opportunity to make a tangible difference in the fight against lupus and fibromyalgia. Funds raised from the Butterfly Walk for Lupus & Fibro are used to provide free programs and services such as support groups, educational resources, emergency financial assistance, scholarships, summits, health fairs, year-round advocacy, as well as supporting research for a cure. Join us as we continue to raise awareness and support for those affected by these conditions, and together, let's pave the way for a brighter future.

We have volunteer opportunities which is a great way to give back to the community. Our volunteers are an essential member of the Social Butterflies Foundation family. It is because of your support and assistance that we are able to host successful walks and events to help survivors and their families. Thank you so much for your time and dedication. 

Volunteers are needed for the following duties: (Please select only one volunteer option) 

Set-Up: 8:00 am - 12:00pm (15)

Get the day started with the staff of the Social Butterflies Foundation as we unload supplies and arrange tables and chairs for the event. Distribute appropriate equipment and supplies to each station. Place signage, banners, inflatable arch, and backdrops in the designated areas. Must be able to lift 25 pounds.

Registration: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm (10)

For people who like to meet and greet, registration is a great opportunity to say hello and check in walk registrants, volunteers, and special guests for the Walk. Registration volunteers collect donations, offline donation forms, assist with onsite registration, distribute information to each walker, and ensure that everyone entering the site is registered. You will help neatly pack up this section at the end of the walk.

T-shirt Station: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm (10)

Volunteers will fold, organize, and distribute t-shirts to participants that have paid their registration fees according to the registration package chosen. Volunteers will also disperse shirts to those who are attending the walk-in person and purchased additional shirts. Volunteers must pay close attention to ensure that all shirts are dispersed to the appropriate walk registrants. The t-shirt volunteers are also responsible for ensuring that walk volunteers receive their orange volunteer shirts. You will help neatly pack up this section at the end of the walk.

Water & Snacks Station: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm (6)

This area requires upbeat and friendly people to provide refreshments to walkers during the walk. You will let walkers know that free snacks and water are available. You will help set up the station. You will make sure the coolers around the track are filled with ice and bottles of water, replenishing as necessary. You will also offer water to the walkers while they are on the track route to help them cool off. You will help neatly pack up this section at the end of the walk.

Merchandise: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm (6)

Volunteers will fold and organize SBF Merchandise to be sold. Volunteer will make sure the table and area are clutter free. Volunteer will be responsible for ensuring that merchandise inventory is correct based on items sold. Volunteer must have cash handling skills and be familiar with using a table and Square card reader. Volunteer will neatly pack up merchandise and their supplies during clean up. 

Kid’s Corner: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm (6)

Help keep our youngest walkers busy and entertained by helping to facilitate fun activities at Kid’s Corner. Kid’s Corner consists of bounce houses, kid’s characters, face painting, arts and crafts, and more. Kid’s Corner volunteers may also prepare and sell popcorn, ice cones, or cotton candy. You will help neatly pack up this section at the end of the walk.

Mission Station: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm (6)

Volunteers who have knowledge of answering questions about lupus and/or fibromyalgia. Volunteers will share our mission with walkers, distribute brochures about Social Butterflies Foundation, lupus, and fibromyalgia, and pass out the why I walk fans. Volunteers will also advise guests about our DMV License Plate Campaign and assist with signing up. You will help neatly pack up this section at the end of the walk.

First Aid Station: 11:00 am-4:30 pm (4)

If you are a nurse, medical assistant, or trained in first aid, we need your skills to assist in case a participant needs minor first aid treatment. You will help neatly pack up this section at the end of the walk.

Walk Route: 9:00 am - 4:30 pm (5)

If you can give accurate directions and have an upbeat personality, you might consider volunteering on the Walk Route to help guide and encourage participants on the route. You will pass out stickers to walkers for each lap they walk, cheer them on as they are walking, and assist the water and snack committee with passing out bottles of water to walkers as needed. You will also help guide vendors to their set-up location. Walk Route volunteers do not help vendors set up or transport any of their supplies. Vendors are responsible for their own setup and transporting supplies. You will help neatly pack up this section at the end of the walk.

Clean-Up: 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm (10)

We want to make sure to leave Boo Williams Sportsplex as clean and beautiful as it was prior to the walk. Volunteers are needed to break down tables, and chairs, pack up the arch, signage, banners, and backdrops, and load up supplies to be transported back to the SBF office. Volunteers will ensure that everything is in its proper designated place. With several volunteers cleaning up is a breeze! Must be able to lift 25 pounds.

If you are registering more than one person to volunteer, please provide accurate contact information for that individual. Do NOT use your contact information for each volunteer you are registering. If you do, the volunteer registration will be invalid and not accepted.

We will be accepting volunteers until July 1, 2025, or until all volunteer positions are filled.

For more information, please email admin@socialbutterfliesfoundation.org.

WAIVER AND RELEASE FORM 

RELEASE OF LIABILITY

In return for being allowed to participate in Social Butterflies Foundation’s volunteer activities and all related activities, including any activities incidental to such participation (“Volunteer Activities”), the under-signed Volunteer or Parent/Legal Guardian of Volunteer if the Volunteer is under age 18 (hereafter referred to using “I”, “me”, or “my”) releases and agrees not to sue the Social Butterflies Foundation or its officers, directors, employees, sub-contractors, sponsors, agents and affiliates (“the Foundation”) from all present and future claims that may be made by me, my family, estate, heirs, or assigns for property damage, personal injury, or wrongful death arising as a result of my participation in the Volunteer Activities wherever, whenever, or however the same may occur.

I understand and agree that the Foundation is not responsible for any injury or property damage arising from the Volunteer Activities, even if caused by their ordinary negligence or otherwise.

I understand that participation in the Volunteer Activities involves certain risks, including, but not limited to, serious injury and death. I also understand that even if Social Butterflies Foundation, I, and other persons present at Social Butterflies Foundation events follow all health and safety protocols, I may still be exposed to COVID-19 or other infectious diseases. I am voluntarily participating in the Volunteer Activities with knowledge of the danger involved and I agree to accept all risks of participation.

I also agree to indemnify and hold the Foundation harmless for all claims arising from my participation in the Volunteer Activities.

I understand that this document is intended to be as broad and inclusive as permitted by the state's laws in which the Volunteer Activities take place and agree that if any portion of this Agreement is invalid, the remainder will continue in full legal force and effect.

I also acknowledge that the Foundation has not arranged and does not carry any insurance of any kind for my benefit or that of Volunteer (if Volunteer is under 18), my parents, guardians, trustees, heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and assigns. I represent that, to my knowledge, I am in good health and suffer no physical impairment that would or should prevent my participation in Volunteer Activities.

I also understand that this document is a contract that grants certain rights to and eliminates the liability of the Foundation.

PUBLICITY RELEASE

In return for being allowed to participate in Social Butterflies Foundation volunteer activities and all related activities, including any activities incidental to such participation (“Volunteer Activities”), the undersigned Volunteer or Parent/Legal Guardian of Volunteer, if Volunteer is under age 18, (hereafter referred to using “I”, “me”, or “my”) hereby grants to the Foundation, and each of its subsidiaries, affiliates, agents, advertising or promotional agencies, and partners, and all such entities’ officers, directors, agents, employees, respective successors and assigns (collectively, “Authorized Parties”), the absolute and irrevocable right and permission to use, publish, broadcast and/or copyright the use of Volunteer’s name, address, voice, photograph and/or likeness, caricature, and personal information, in its current form or as retouched, digitized, cropped, altered, distorted or modified in any way, in any and all advertising, promotional, or other materials based upon or derived from the Volunteer Activities in any manner, in any media whatsoever for any and all purposes, including by way of example but without limitation advertising, promoting or publicizing products and services throughout the universe, in perpetuity, in any and all media now known or hereafter devised (including without limitation on the Internet), without additional compensation. I further agree that anything derived therefrom will be owned solely by the Authorized Parties. I shall not authorize the use of any print, negative, or other copy thereof by anyone other than the Authorized Parties.

I understand that this document is intended to be as broad and inclusive as permitted by the state's laws in which the Volunteer Activities take place and agree that if any portion of this Agreement is invalid, the remainder will continue in full legal force and effect.