Students at Garfield Elementary School in Danville listen to hot air balloon pilot Donna Carlton-Vish answer questions about hot air balloons on Monday.
As we get closer to this year’s Balloons Over Vermilion at Vermilion Regional Airport, Garfield School students received a special hot air balloon lesson right inside their own school gym on Monday morning.
A magical morning occurred on March 8th at the Fischer Theatre in downtown Danville.
Children and families are a major focus of Balloons Over Vermilion, with annual proceeds benefiting programs across Vermilion County.
Children and families are a major focus of Balloons Over Vermilion, with annual proceeds benefiting programs across Vermilion County.
Through their partnership with the OSF Healthcare Foundation, Balloons Over Vermilion has expanded over the last couple of years from running an annual balloon fest at Vermilion Regional Airport to also running the annual Festival of Trees every November at the David S. Palmer Arena.
The return of Balloons Over Vermilion this year saw a record Friday night crowd.
There will be excitement in the air, literally, in Vermilion County later this week with the return of Balloons Over Vermilion on July 9 and 10 at Vermilion Regional Airport.
Preparations continue for this year’s Balloons Over Vermilion. Last year the event was cancelled because of the Covid-19 Pandemic, but this year it’s back.
The combined Rossville-Alvin Elementary School fourth-grade classrooms of Tammy Harper and Tia Petersen were selected by Balloons Over Vermilion to be the 2020 host student ambassadors.
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