RE/MAX Northern Illinois Real Estate Network’s Hot Air Balloon Will Visit 1st Baptist Church of Lansing, Ill., on July 15 for Educational Program

Chicago, IL, June 22, 2012 --(PR.com)-- The RE/MAX Hot Air Balloon will visit the 1st Baptist Church, 3440 178th St., Lansing, Ill., on July 15 where the balloon crew will present an interactive educational program developed and sponsored by the RE/MAX Northern Illinois real estate network.

In the audience will be 150 to 200 students and many of their parents, all of whom will learn about various aspects of ballooning, including its history and the scientific principles involved. They also will see a demonstration on how the balloon functions.

The program will be presented at 2 p.m. outdoors, weather permitting. Plans call for the 75-foot-tall balloon envelope to be partially inflated with air so that the students can walk inside it.

RE/MAX has been the leader in the northern Illinois real estate market since 1989. The RE/MAX Northern Illinois network, with headquarters in Elgin, Ill., consists of 2,100 sales associates and 110 individually owned and operated RE/MAX offices that provide a full range of residential and commercial brokerage services. Its www.illinoisproperty.com and www.remax.com websites are leaders in consumer visits among real estate franchise brands. Its mobile search, m.illinoisproperty.com, allows users to conduct real estate searches on any mobile device with Internet access. The northern Illinois network is part of RE/MAX LLC, a global real estate organization with 88,000 sales associates in 89 nations.