On TIM HORTONS® Camp Day (June 5), 100 per cent of proceeds of hot coffee sales at participating restaurants across Canada are donated to the Tim Horton Children’s Foundation (THCF) and will go toward giving thousands of youth from low-income families a life-changing experience.
For the third year, Tim Hortons Guests can also purchase a limited edition Camp Day bracelet at participating Tim Hortons restaurants for just $2 while supplies last. These are available in four different colours: blue, red, green and orange.
Over the past 27 years, more than $200 million has been raised for the Tim Horton Children’s Foundation, allowing more than 250,000 kids to go to camp.
Funds raised on Camp Day provide so much more than fun trips to camp. THCF programs are deliberately designed to help kids from low-income families think differently about themselves and their future opportunities.
About the Tim Horton Children’s Foundation:
In Canada, one in seven children live in poverty.
● Attending a Tim Horton camp comes at absolutely no cost to kids or their families.
Youth from low income families face additional obstacles when it comes to academic performance, relationship building and physical and emotional well-being. A Tim Horton camp experience helps kids unlock their hidden strengths, develop critical life skills, find their own success and thrive as contributing members of their communities.
The Foundation uses the transformational power of repeated camp experiences to help youth develop the skills they need to become resourceful, responsible and empowered individuals to build a brighter future for themselves.
Between camp visits, youth complete constructive actions which are targeted goals intended to support the transfer of learning back home and support the long-term growth of each individual.
Today, there are seven camps across North America:
● Parry Sound, Ontario (opened in 1975)
● Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia (opened in 1988)
● Kananaskis, Alberta (opened in 1991)
● Quyon, Quebec (opened in 1994)
● Campbellsville, Kentucky (opened in 2001)
● St. George, Ontario (opened in 2002)
● Pinawa, Manitoba (opened in 2015)
6. THCF camps operate year-round, focused on delivering two signature programs designed based on decades of experience and current best practices in the youth development field:
● Youth Leadership Program (Summer): A unique, 10-day camp experience for kids aged 12 – 16, which is designed with levels of programming designed to build up on the year before with increased level of challenge, additional leadership opportunities and targeted skills development
● Community Leaders Program (Fall, Winter, Spring): Groups of students aged 11 – 13 come to camp for two separate, four-day overnight experiences during the school year. Between visits, each school group plans and executes a camper-led community service project which empower youth to identify a need in their school or community and create a tangible change, increasing their visibility as young leaders and making their schools and communities more positive places.
7. The Foundation was established in 1974 by Ron Joyce, co-founder of Tim Hortons, in honour of Tim Horton’s love for children and his desire to help those less fortunate.
8. The first camp in Parry Sound, ON, welcomed 200 campers when it opened in 1975.
How can Guests get involved?
1. Every Camp Day donation counts. Whether you buy a coffee on June 5 at your local Tim Hortons or make an online donation, you’re helping to change a kids life.
2. Guests can make a one-time or monthly donation online any time at timscampday.ca.
3. How to join Camp Day conversation
● #CampDay
● Like THCF facebook.com/timhortonchildrensfoundation
● Follow THCF on Twitter @THCF1974
● Follow THCF on Instagram @THCF1974
● Subscribe to THCF on YouTube @youtube.com/THCF1974
● Like Tim Hortons facebook.com/TimHortons
● Follow Tim Hortons on Twitter @Tim Hortons
● Follow Tim Hortons on Instagram @TimHortons
● Subscribe to Tim Hortons on YouTube youtube.com/TimHortons
Watch out for Tricia in the WOLF Community Cruiser on Tim Hortons Camp Day! We’ll be hitting up the Ashburnham and Lansdowne location all over Peterborough & The Kawartha’s, come see her!
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