Over the Edge for the United Way Centraide of SDG raises almost $60K

When you’re going ‘Over the Edge,’ it’s nice to have someone like Lorelei McLean, who’s gone down to the town, as well. Article content

“Part of what it (I do) is to talk them down,” McLean said while in the elevator at the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corp. Building, after volunteering as a ‘roper’ for the third-annual Over the Edge fundraiser for United Way Centraide of SDG . Article content

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Earlier Saturday morning, McLean experienced the thrill of rappelling from the top of the Seaway building to the Pitt Street sidewalk.

“Until I did myself, I didn’t think it was going to that big of a deal,” she said. “Until I did it myself, and then I was like, holy s—t.

“I said, ‘How long is this going to take?’ It took me 10 minutes; I was frozen, buc