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A balloon race that took place in Bremen, Germany, in 2009. A balloon release is a ceremonial event in which a number of hydrogen- or helium-filled balloons are launched into the sky. Balloon releases can be done as a prayer ceremony, to create a photo opportunity, to raise awareness of a cause or campaign, or as a competitive long-distance race.
The 1988 edition of The Guinness Book of World Records recognizes the event as a world record "largest ever mass balloon release", with 1,429,643 balloons launched. [10] [11] Guinness no longer measures balloon releases. [12] Balloonfest '86 was the subject of the 2017 short documentary film Balloonfest. [13]
CSLP began in 1987 with ten Minnesota regional library systems that joined together to create a theme, artwork and program ideas for libraries to use for children's programming. [2] It subsequently expanded to libraries throughout all fifty states and Washington D.C. to ensure all libraries can provide a high quality summer reading program.
Museum admission is free for families attending the reading program. Lapierre has seen the program become a cornerstone of the museum's curriculum and a staple of many families' Wednesday routine.
Some states have banned mass balloon releases, like the one in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1986 when a charity set loose a world-record 1.5 million helium-filled balloons.
By 1929, summer reading programs were sometimes themed. [3] In the 1940s, professional publications began including prevention of summer reading loss as a goal of summer reading programs. [3] As of 2014, 95% of public libraries in the United States offer a summer reading program. [1] Summer reading programs are common in Canada as well. [4]
A digital library of new books edited in a similar way to Wikipedia Wikilala: History of Ottoman Empire: Digital library project [64] Wikisource: General 3,500,000+ A digital library of out-of-copyright or freely licensed books Wired for Books: A project of the WOUB Center for Public Media at Ohio University: Wisconsin Heritage Online
The Florida House passed a bill that bans the intentional release and organization of a release of balloons, citing its danger to the environment.