Butters Homes was created by the Butters Foundation in 1986 to manage the network of homes that the Foundation had purchased since its inception in 1976. The organizations are associated through interlocking boards of directors but have separate legal identities. The properties that the company purchases or builds are requested by our partner public establishment and financed by the solicitation efforts of the Butters Foundation. The company presently has 23 properties located throughout the territory,including a 100 hectare farm in Rougemont and a 14.9 acre campsite in Frelighsburg.
Butters Homes, Inc has access to grants from the Société de habitation du Quebec (SHQ) and presently has seven properties that receive annual grants from this Provincial Government body.
In 2010 the company purchased a working farm in the township of Rougemont on Rt. 112, just west of Granby. This 100 hectare property has an animal barn, a sugar shack, and a corral for medium to large animals. These facilities will provide challenging work for clients who go there for regular weekend and weekly respite visits.
Butters Homes recently was granted ownership of a 14.9 acre property just outside the Village of Frelighsburg based upon the understanding that the Butters Foundation would solicit funds for the adaptation of the infrastructure of the camp site. These improvements would allow the camp to accept campers with advancing physical frailities and serious behavioral problems.The campaign to raise 2.5 million for this project is ongoing and construction is due to begin at the site in the fall of 2014.
Artist’s Impression: looking northeast toward proposed Camp Garagona buildings from left to right: art barn, administration, hall, tower, dorm, cafeteria – Photo shows existing camp structures.