SEQUIM — Rides will be offered in a tethered RE/MAX balloon at the Sequim Balloon Festival as a benefit for the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula.
Donations will be accepted for rides in a balloon that is tied to the ground from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday, Sunday and Monday at the festival at Grant Field, Fred and Loretta Grant’s property at 792 West Sequim Bay Road just off East Washington Street.
No amount is suggested for the donations, said Liz Parks, owner of RE/MAX Fifth Avenue real estate company in Sequim, which is sponsoring the benefit.
Proceeds will go to the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula, which is made up of the Carroll C. Kendall Unit at 400 W. Fir St. in Sequim and the Mount Angeles Unit at 2620 S. Francis St. in Port Angeles.
Parks is a past board member of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula, “so that’s kind of where my heart is,” she said.
“It’s going to be fun, and at the same time, we’re going to help the Boys & Girls Clubs,” she added.
Rides will be offered, weather permitting.
The trademark RE/MAX balloon is on loan from corporate offices for the event.