Carolina BalloonFest shares $113,000 at Giving Tuesday Celebration!

Robb Collier, Executive Director and Bob Dooley, 2015 Event Chair of Carolina BalloonFest announce big news... $113,000 donated to benefit dozens of community nonprofit organizations!

Local nonprofit leaders accept donations from National Balloon Rally Charities, December 1, 2015!

National Balloon Rally Charities awards $113,000 to dozens of community nonprofit organizations
at Giving Tuesday Celebration, 
December 1, 2015

National Balloon Rally Charities awards a total of $113,000 of 2015 Carolina BalloonFest proceeds to community nonprofit organizations. Over a dozen Designated Volunteer Groups will accept $100,000 and another $13,000 will be donated in honor of 2015 Board Members.
 
Over 40 thousand hot air balloon enthusiasts arrived in Statesville to celebrate the joy of hot air ballooning during the 3-day weekend of October 21-23, 2015. National Balloon Rally Charities thanks everyone who contributed their time and support to the success of our 42nd annual Carolina BalloonFest - an event that can only be hosted with the participation of hundreds of volunteers, dozens of sponsors, over 50 hot air balloon pilots and dozens of media partners, entertainers and vendors.  

Designated nonprofit organizations provide hundreds of volunteers at Carolina BalloonFest which qualify them to become post-event beneficiaries. These community organizations include Statesville Chamber of Commerce, Girl Scouts Carolinas Peaks to Piedmont, Statesville Kiwanis, Iredell SCAN, Boy Scout Troop 174, Boy Scout Troop 607, Boy Scout Troop 609, Wilkes County Boy Scout Troop 335, Mitchell Community College Endowment for Excellence, North Iredell High School Cheerleaders, Habitat for Humanity of Iredell County, Civil Air Patrol Iredell Squadron, Children's Homes of Iredell County, DECA - Mooresville Schools, West Iredell High School Band, West Iredell Choral Group, Balloon Federation of America Youth Scholarship Program, Carolinas Balloon Association Youth Scholarship Program.
 
The honor gifts from 2015 Board Members will be accepted by Children's Hope Alliance, Hope's Wing, Fifth Street Ministries, My Sisters House, Rolling Thunder Chapter 2, Tribute to the Troops, NC, Power Cross, Iredell Christian Ministries, Power Cross, South Iredell Band Boosters, Boys & Girls Club of the Piedmont, March of Dimes, Iredell Christian Ministries, Iredell SCAN, South Iredell IB School.