Kids become butterfly heroes—saving the monarch migration, one wingbeat at a time!
Each year at Vacation Bible School, we choose a non-profit to learn about and support through acts of service. This year’s VBS Theme is Road Trip: On the Go with God. And if there’s one species who knows something about travel, it’s the monarch butterfly who are known for their spectacular, multi-generational, transcontinental migration from summer breeding grounds in North America to their winter homes in Mexico and California.
So this year, we will learn about one way we can live out our call to care for God’s creation – by helping Monarch butterflies on their journey.
With the help of a non-profit organization called Monarch Joint Venture, we hope to raise enough money to plant an entire acre of milkweed along the monarch’s migration routes. To do this, we will need to pull together $500.
About Monarch Joint Venture
Monarch Joint Venture works to develop habitat along the Central Flyway—supporting the eastern monarch population across the Midwest and Great Plains. Ohio is one of their key priority states. Their efforts support every stage of habitat restoration—from site preparation, native seed selection to long-term land management.
Why Milkweed?
When kids raise money for monarch habitat, they’re creating safe, healthy places where butterflies can grow, eat, and thrive. Their support helps plant milkweed—the only food monarch caterpillars can eat—and lots of nectar-rich flowers for adults. That means more caterpillars and more monarchs in the skies, creating more chances to see them flutter through gardens and schoolyards! They are also helping protect nature and learning to care for it. In short, kids become butterfly heroes—saving the monarch migration, one wingbeat at a time.
About Fundraising
As we normally do with our mission of choice, we will make a cash donation to Monarch Joint Venture at the end of the week. We always recommend that the kids do extra chores around the house or for a grandparent or trusted neighbor to earn the money that they are donating. We will do collections starting on Tuesday and hopefully create some excitement for the mission and what we can achieve together when our little comes together to become much!
Determined Service at VBS
The kids will be busy doing other important mission work throughout the week. We will have them packing canned goods, toiletry kits, and diapers & wipes. We are tithing the money that our families paid towards VBS to purchase these items and will be donating them to Trials for Hope in Cleveland.