RE/MAX Metro Chicago Real Estate Network’s Hot Air Balloon Headed to Ortiz de Dominguez School in Little Village on May 25

ELGIN, Ill., May 14, 2010 -- Students at Josefa Ortiz de Dominguez Elementary School, 3000 S. Lawndale Ave., in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood, will welcome the RE/MAX Hot Air Balloon and its crew on May 25. The balloon crew will present an interactive educational program developed and sponsored by the RE/MAX metro Chicago real estate network.

The students at Josefa Ortiz de Dominguez School will learn about various aspects of ballooning, including its history and the scientific principles involved, and they will see a demonstration on how the balloon functions. The RE/MAX balloon will visit more than 40 schools this spring in northern Illinois.

The program will be presented at 9:30 a.m. outdoors on the school grounds, weather permitting, but can be moved indoors if required. The balloon envelope will be inflated with hot air to its full 75-foot height if the program is held outdoors. If the program needs to be moved indoors, the envelope is inflated with cold air so that students can walk inside it as part of the presentation.