The annual Tim Hortons Smile Cookie campaign is taking place this spring for the first time, again raising funds for local charities and community groups including several in the greater Kawarthas region.
Usually held in the fall, this year’s campaign will run from Monday, May 1st to Sunday, May 7th.
In another change, the price of a smile cookie is increasing for the first time in the program’s history, going from $1 to $1.50 per cookie (or $18 for a dozen cookies). All proceeds (before taxes) will still go to local charities and organizations.
“This increase will allow even more money to be raised for charities and community groups across the country,” Tim Hortons states on its website.
Tim Hortons locations in the communities listed below will be supporting the following charities and community groups:
- City of Peterborough, Lakefield, Bridgenorth, and Curve Lake – Community Care Peterborough
- Bancroft – North Hastings District Hospital Auxiliary
- Haliburton and Minden – Walkabout Farm Therapeutic Riding Association
- Coboconk – Ridgewood Public School Breakfast Program
- Fenelon Falls – Fenelon Falls Secondary School Breakfast Program, Langton Public School Breakfast Program
- Bobcaygeon – Bobcaygeon Public School Breakfast Program, Dunsford Public School Breakfast Program
- Lindsay – Humane Society of Kawartha Lakes, Kawartha Lakes Food Source, The Dragon Flies Breast Cancer Survivor Group
- Port Hope – Million Dollar Smiles
- Cobourg and Colborne – Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Northumberland
The Tim Hortons Smile Cookie campaign began in 1996 as a way to help raise funds for the Hamilton Children’s Hospital in Ontario. It has since grown to become a major fundraising event at Tim Hortons restaurants, raising more than $75 million for local charities and community groups.
Last fall, the campaign raised a record-breaking $15 million for over 600 local charities and community groups, bringing the 27-year fundraising total to over $90 million.
