Pictured above (L to R):
Front row: Angee Turnbull, Lansdowne Children’s Centre; Candace Kingyens, Lansdowne Children’s Centre; Robert Miller, Board President, Brant Food For Thought; Gisèle Budgell, Brant Food For Thought.
Back row: Brantford Tim Hortons owners Frank Baviera, Ron Fox, Taylor Hogarth and Mark Ferguson.
Tim Hortons restaurant owners and millions of generous Canadians across the country together broke a new Smile Cookie record by raising $10.56 million for local charities across the country.
This year in Brantford, local Tim Horton’s restaurant owners and guests helped raise $106,875.60 to be shared equally between co-recipients Brant Food For Thought and Lansdowne Children’s Centre. Local Tim Hortons owners have been supporting the campaign for years, with a record breaking campaign in 2019, and this year’s campaign exceeding previous year’s results by more than $9,700. The funds will be used to support various programs for children and youth in this community.
“We are thrilled to have been chosen this year as a recipient of Smile Cookie 2020. The generosity of this community is astounding, particularly as it relates to supporting its most vulnerable—our children and youth,” says Brant Food For Thought Program Director, Gisèle Budgell. “Thank you Tim Hortons owners and everyone who supported the campaign for contributing to a child’s ability to learn through school nutrition programs. We’re feeding student success together!”
Angee Turnbull, from Lansdowne Children’s Centre Foundation says,” We were thrilled to be named one of the Charities of Choice for this year’s Smile Cookie program. Our Lansdowne Children’s Centre Foundation continues to raise funds for our programs that really help each child with special needs reach their optimal potential. The Centre is currently is providing care and support for over 3000 children, with 2200 children from our community on our waitlist. A sincere and heartfelt thank you to our local Tim Horton’s owners; you really gave us a reason to smile.”
“We were absolutely blown away by the generosity of Canadians for our annual Smile Cookie campaign,” says Tim Hortons Chief Marketing Officer Hope Bagozzi.
Tim Hortons restaurant owners across Canada presented their local charity partners with Smile Cookie cheques throughout October, including presentations at Tim Hortons, 648 Colborne Street, Brantford on Wednesday October 28 for Brant Food For Thought and Lansdowne Children’s Centre.