By Brandon Bennett
Sturgis—For the last three or four years, Howard Ugland has set up his booth at Music On Main to create balloon sculptures for the kids. He can turn any piece of latex into animals or anything else.
Ugland doesn’t just do it to make money. He does it to help children in other countries who have needs they couldn’t normally afford.
“My first trip was in 2004 to Romania for health care for the kids and I realized I needed to learn how to create balloon art so took a crash course and learned a little,” he said. He later took an advanced class in Las Vegas and learned a lot. So he put it to use.
He now has an expanded line that includes Mylar spaceship, dinosaur and princess scepter balloons. He comes every week to Music On Main even though he had knee replacement surgery last winter.
