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Brothers create massive snow sculptures created for a cause

By Cox Media Group National Content Desk
Jan 16, 2016

Snow can be mesmerizing.

For the Bartz brothers in New Brighton, Minnesota, it's become a charitable art form.

The Bartz boys--Austin, 21, Trevor, 20, and Connor, 17--are local celebrities for their annual massive snow sculptures that attract people from all across as if their yard were an art gallery.

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The three brothers spend their winter breaks gathering snow from across the neighborhood and molding it into sea creatures of their liking.

In the past they've done a pufferfish, walrus, shark and a turtle, according to People magazine.

This year, they created an octopus that measures 18 feet tall and 35 feet wide.

But there's more to it: The brothers are accepting donations from people who come to their front yard to view the snow sculptures and are donating that money to people in Haiti.
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