Tim Hortons Camp Day a continued success

Times Contributor

 

Wednesday, June 6 was this year’s annual Tim Hortons Camp Day fundraiser, where volunteers, staff and customers had fun earning money to send children to camp.

Last year, Tim Hortons collectively raised $10 million towards sending children to a Tim Hortons Children’s Foundation camp. Strathmore Tim Hortons contributed $10,000 last year, and Erin Wilson, a manager at Strathmore’s Tim Hortons says that this year both local and national stores are aiming higher. 

“We’ve got four local kids going to camp in Kananaskis this year,” Wilson says. “We’ve also got about thirty volunteers coming this year.”

Volunteers from the fire department, RCMP, town council members and others helped employees serve coffee and donuts to help raise money.

“[The volunteers] really get a peek of what it’s like to work behind a counter,” says Wilson. “It’s a fun day for our staff too. It’s a lighter atmosphere.”

100 per cent of coffee sales also go straight to donations on Camp Day. Tim Hortons also holds raffles, which Wilson says offer some “great prizes.”

The Tim Hortons Children’s Foundation camp provides children whose families normally couldn’t afford to send their children to camp a chance to experience a unique opportunity.