Fly Kites for Peace From Your Backyard

​Cherry Blossom Kite Fly is March 27 and 28
In years past we have enjoyed flying our kites at the Cherry Blossom Kite Festival on the National Mall in Washington DC. We always bring lots kites for visitors to decorate with peace messages as part or our initiative "Kites for Peace".

This year the Cherry Blossom Kite Fly is taking to the skies from your own back yard or neighborhood park. We are inviting all of our friends to fly Kites for Peace by making or decorating their own kite with messages of peace then sharing on social media #BlossomKiteF and #KitesforPeace.     Share your photos with us. We will choose some of the best ones to post on the website.
​About the Cherry Blossom Kite Fly
Take to the Skies on March 27 & 28 from your own yard or neighborhood park and show us how you soar! Contribute your kite-flying merriment to our online community via the National Cherry Blossom Festival social media networks using the hashtag #BlossomKiteF 
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More Info at https://nationalcherryblossomfestival.org/event/blossom-kite-fly/
Need a Kite to Decorate? Kite Resources:
Make Your Own Kite
* Wikihow Make-a-Kite
Decorate Your Own Kite Kits
* Intothewind.com
* KiteKits.com
* Orientaltrading.com

About Kites for Peace

Kites for Peace is an initiative brought to you by the Washingtion DC Branch of the Brahma Kumaris. Since 2008 Kites for Peace has connected children and adults across the globe. Children in the U.S. decorate kites with messages of peace and compassion as gifts for children in places of distress around the world.
On June 10th 2008, hundreds of kites designed and decorated with positive slogans and images of peace were flown in a mass display on the grounds of the Washington Monument in Washington DC.  The kites were created by children and adults across the nation from Florida, Washington D.C., California, and even Hawaii.
 
Hundreds of these kites were then shipped overseas as a gesture of peace and friendship to be distributed to children in countries at war including Iraq, Niger, and Russian occupied Georgia. Kites for Peace continues with events around the country. 
​​Kites for Peace offers us an opportunity to come from an inner place of peace, to unite in a moment in time, and to appreciate nature, family, friends and community for an elevated cause. When we change, the world changes. Peace is an absence of waste and negative thoughts and feelings. Our world is a reflection of our inner being.
Children in Iraq Receive Kites for Peace 
Children in Niger Receive Kites for Peace 
Children in Russian Occupied Georgia Receive Kites for Peace