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Construction begins on balloon house

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ROCHESTER, N.Y., Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Balloon artists from around the world have gathered in Rochester, N.Y., to construct a 10,000-square-foot haunted house made of more than 100,000 balloons.

The project is expected to be completed in five days and includes artists from the United States, Canada, Japan, Israel and Slovenia. The "Return to Balloon Manor" is the second such event organized by Rochester "airigamist" Larry Moss. The 2004 balloon house donated 100 percent of its proceeds, about $34,000, to the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center at Strong Memorial Hospital.

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Profits from this year's event will benefit the Wilmot Center and a new organization called Teens Living with Cancer.

The Halloween attraction is scheduled to run through Oct. 29.

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