A mission that started in Southern Shores is now before state leaders in Raleigh after being introduced almost a year ago. That mission is a statewide ban on intentionally releasing mass amounts of balloons into the environment.
“We have educated masses of people, but sadly, there’s still a lot of people out there that don’t get it,” said Debbie Swick, the founder of Ban Balloon Releases North Carolina.
Almost three years ago, Swick started a mission to ban balloon releases, which has been successful in Dare and Currituck counties on the Outer Banks…