Tissue Paper Balloon Launch back at Great Reno Balloon Race

More than 1,000 students expected to participate

August 29, 2007

Thanks to a generous grant from the E.L. Cord Foundation, approximately 1,000 elementary- and middle-school students will participate in two days of the popular Tissue Paper Balloon Launch, Thursday and Friday, Sept. 6-7 at 9:30 a.m. on the launch field at Rancho San Rafael Regional Park.

Students and their teachers will begin in the classroom by constructing hot-air balloons from tissue paper, while learning new elements of science, mathematics, art and history. Then, the Aeronauts, the official volunteer group of The Great Reno Balloon Race, will assist the elementary- and middle-school students with the launch of their balloons on the field.

The Tissue Paper Balloon Launch is an auxiliary event of The Great Reno Balloon Race, to be held Sept. 7-9 at Rancho San Rafael Regional Park.

For more information about this year’s event, check out our special event page for all the details. You can also call the Balloon Race hotline at (775) 826-1181 or visit www.renoballoon.com.