Media Release, BPHF
Restaurant owners from Hepworth & Wiarton are donating 100% of proceeds from sales of Smile Cookies to Bruce Peninsula Hospitals Foundation this spring.
Tim Hortons is proud to announce that a record-breaking $22.6 million was raised through the sales of Smile Cookies this year, supporting over 600 charities and community groups across Canada and in the United States.
“We’re so grateful for the outpouring of support for this year’s Smile Cookie campaign from Tims guests across Canada. Thanks to your incredible generosity we topped our previous Smile Cookie record,” says Axel Schwan, President of Tim Hortons.
“A huge thanks to every single Tim Hortons restaurant owner, team member and volunteer who collectively helped to bake and hand-decorate millions and millions of cookies. Your dedication and enthusiasm represents the kind of deep care for our local communities that Canadians can rely on from Tim Hortons.”
This year in Hepworth and Wiarton, local Tim Hortons restaurant owners Bill & Sarah Trude and guests helped raise $14,647 to support Bruce Peninsula Hospitals Foundation. The Wiarton and Hepworth Tim Hortons Restaurants have made such a positive and lasting impact on local health care through this national fundraising campaign. That brings a total of $113,679 raised for Bruce Peninsula patient care through Smile Cookie over the last 26 years!
Kevin Walsh, Chair of Bruce Peninsula Hospitals Foundation shared “It’s wonderful that local charities benefit from the Tim Hortons national fundraising campaign, Smile Cookie. We are super blessed that the Trude family chose to support local health care which so greatly benefits the people of the Bruce Peninsula and neighbouring communities.”
Wiarton and Hepworth Tim Hortons Owner, Bill Trude expressed his appreciation for the local success of this national campaign “Sarah and I are very happy to continue our relationship with the Bruce Peninsula Hospital Foundation and the Tim Hortons Smile Cookie campaign. Knowing that 100% of the funds raised are staying in our community and directly affecting our local hospitals means the world to everyone that supported Smile cookie. We want to give a big thank you to our team at Tims and the Bruce Peninsula Hospital Foundation for all of the hours they volunteer and help with decorating, baking, and getting the word out.”
About Bruce Peninsula Hospitals Foundation
Bruce Peninsula Hospitals Foundation strives to provide opportunities for the community to engage in philanthropic activities which support outstanding health care in order to meet the health care needs of the people of the Bruce Peninsula. Bruce Peninsula Hospitals Foundation supports the capital priority needs of Brightshores Health System – Lions Head Hospital, Wiarton Hospital and the regional needs of Brightshores Health System.
With the government only providing up to 10% of the required funding to keep our hospitals up-to-date with medical equipment, technology and facility upgrades, the balance must be raised by the communities whom our health care system serves.
