The 3rd annual Reliant Kite Relay for Charity kicks off this Thursday in celebration of the Reliant Trinity River Wind Festival, which takes place this Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 146 W Commerce at the Trinity River viaduct in downtown Dallas. Reliant Energy invited me to compete by flying a kite at least 50 feet in the air while performing an array of “wind related activities at 5 stations” for a charity of my choice. Anything for charity sounds fun to me! Reliant is donating $5,000 to the winner’s charity.

The charity that I will be flying for is Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) in honor of my brother who was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins’s Lymphoma last year. The mission of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is to cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma and improve the quality of life of patients and their families. LLS is the world’s largest voluntary health agency dedicated to blood cancer. LLS funds lifesaving blood cancer research around the world and provides free information and support services.

“Hope is knowing that people, like kites, are made to be lifted up.”

The Reliant Trinity River Wind Festival is FREE and runs from noon to 6PM on Saturday. It features family fun including:

• Show and Stunt Kites
• Public Kite Flying
• NRG-Reliant Kite Giveaways (while supplies last)
• Kroger Kids Fun Zone (Clowns, face painting, bounce houses)
• Spring Booth (Phone Recycling Giveaways)
• Patriotic Pinwheel Giveaways (while supplies last)
• Paper Pinwheel Giveaways
• Paper Airplane Making Contest