Photograph by: L-P Bryan Schlosser, The Leader-Post
Responding to a call for help from her sister and brother-in-law who have a cottage at Katepwa Lake, the Regina designer became part of a human chain who filled countless sandbags.
"We did sandbagging around their cottage and then we went to help others," MacDonald said.
It's not the first time she has lent a hand.
She answered an SOS call to sandbag two weekends ago when the shore by her sister's cottage washed away.
"When the water started rising, we got called to go back on Friday," MacDonald said. "I was just amazed by how many people were there. . . . Sometimes people think, 'I can't lift a sandbag' but you can be holding an empty bag and handing it to another person or you can be driving equipment.
"Normally we go to church on Good Friday, but I said to my sister, 'This is sort of like church because we're helping people out.' "...Continue Reading
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