RE/MAX Metro Chicago Real Estate Network’s Hot Air Balloon Program Will Visit Schools in Darien and Downers Grove

ELGIN, Ill., May 21, 2010 -- The RE/MAX metro Chicago real estate network has announced that the RE/MAX Hot Air Balloon and its crew will visit schools in Darien and Downers Grove, Ill., in late May and early June to present an interactive educational program developed by the RE/MAX network.

The confirmed balloon visits will take place at:

• Concord Elementary School, 1019 Concord Place, Darien 1 p.m. on May 27.
• William Herrick Middle School, 4425 N. Middaugh Ave., Downers Grove at 1:30 p.m. on June 2.

The program presented will teach students 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.

At both schools the program will be presented outdoors on the school grounds, weather permitting, but can be moved indoors if required. During outdoor programs, the balloon envelope will be inflated with hot air to its full 75-foot height if conditions allow. When the program is presented indoors, the envelope is inflated with cold air and students have the opportunity to walk inside it.