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A playground fit for a princess: Makenna Hiebert's dream come true

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This $370,000 dream once felt impossibly out of reach. But after just a year and a half of fundraising, Makenna’s accessible playground at Saskatoon’s St. Anne School is ready for play. In this Saskatchewan Story, Brittany Caffet returns to see the playground and the little girl who inspired it.
1 Sep English Canada News

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