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Tim Hortons Main Street location raises $163,172.27 for BC Children's Hospital Foundation

Darpan News Desk Tim Hortons, 14 Oct, 2020 11:15 PM

The Tim Horton's annual Smile Cookie Campaign raised over $163,000 for the BC Children's Hospital Foundation this year.

Tim Hortons Smile Cookie Campaign this year raised $163,172.27 for the BC Children's Hospital Foundation.

The Smile Cookie campaign runs once a year, this year between September 16-22, 2020. Cookies are sold at $1 a piece and together the campaign raised a record-breaking $10.56 million dollars for charities Canada-wide.

Pictured is local Tim Hortons Owners Ajit and Harj Thandi along with Ben Yip (Tim Hortons Marketing) presenting the cheque to the BC Children's Hospital Foundation representative on behalf of all BC owners at 49th and Main Street Tim Hortons in Vancouver where the cheque was presented.

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