WINNIPEG — More than 90 Manitobans rappelled down the side of one of Winnipeg’s tallest buildings for charity on Thursday.
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The 11th annual Drop Zone event for SMD Foundation/Easter Seals Manitoba saw people take the plunge over the edge and the event was live streamed on this page from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Global Winnipeg’s Brittany Greenslade was first to rappel down the 17 storeys of the RBC building at 220 Portage Ave. at 7:50 a.m.
It’s one of the charity’s biggest fundraising events of the year, raising more than $107,000 last year. The goal this year is to raise at least $150,000.
WATCH: Brittany Greenslades’s full video story
One in six Manitobans has a disability and 47,000 people are helped through the vital programs and services offered by the Society for Manitobans with Disabilities.
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Here’s a full list of participants in the Drop Zone, in the location and order in which they’re rappelling:
East line
Brittany Greenslade
Peter Herget
Kristin Marand
Franca Cannata
Joanne Machado
Darci Todoruk
Gail Miller
Jennifer Hes
Wanda Samec
Jenna Newman
Michael Gupton
Trevor Dineen
Celia Bollenbach
Savanna Lemieux-Ellement
Patti Merrett
Jason Fuchs
Mandy Shew
Marc Normandeau
Allyson Krawec
Sara Patteson
Anthony Ayre
Terry Nicholson
Judy Veilgut
Eleanor Coopsamy
Barry Kay
Jay Morrow
Streetter Vickell
Dominique Lachance
Rudy Gauer
Amy Maurer
Sandra Unik
Eco Dzaman
Scott Gray
Amy Cisyk
Bonnie Tuerlings
Richard Neault
Derek Scanlon
Andrew MacIver
Ryan Graves
Quinn Procyshyn
Jan Reischek
Brooke Fishwick
Shayla Lidster
West line
Lia Penniston
Sherry Richardson
Ann Gibson
Elaine O’Keeffe
Debbie Middleton
Sara Koroscil
Brent Hamm
Sydney Manness
Vern Klassen
Kimberlee Thorarinson
Maggie McRae
Rob Sitch
Rachel McLean
Deb Handziuk
Dakotah Charron
Tammy Walsh
Jacqueline Monteith
Morgan Makwich
Lindsay Thompson
Laurie Kentner
Scott Nicholson
Ron Chase
Cindy Carswell
Kim Kay
Steven Kuczera
Ben Reimer
Janet Hewitt
Sheri Griffiths
Sarah Brooker
Mary Kuzmeniuk
Warren Herntier
Shannyn Guthrie
Bridget Knight
Ericka Wiebe
Joey Ste Marie
Katie Senkow
Doug MacIver
Jacques Poirier
Tawny Zahm
Connor Simpson
Aleah Prokopchuk
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