(April 23, 2024 - PORT COLBORNE) Tim Hortons 2024 Smile Cookie
Campaign officially begins on Monday, April 29th at all participating Tim
Hortons locations. For the campaign this year, Port Colborne Tim Hortons are
partnering with Port Cares, helping to raise money to fund services for low
income families and individuals struggling to make ends meet, with 100% of the
proceeds being donated in support of the Reach Out Centre charitable
operations, including food bank, hot meals and a school children’s lunch kit
program.
For 1 week (April 29th through May 5th), the iconic chocolate chunk cookies
topped with pink and blue icing drawing out a smile will be available at every Tim
Hortons restaurant across the country. Smile Cookies are available for purchase
in Port Colborne direct from restaurant locations at 197 Main Street East, 429
Main Street West and 287 West Side Road.
“Port Cares is a charity and relies on fundraising and donations to provide relief to families experiencing poverty,” explains Port Cares CEO Christine Clark-
Lafleur, “We have more and more young working families with children and seniors coming to the food bank because of the rising costs of living and lack of
affordable housing. We provide groceries and hot meals as South Niagara’s
largest food bank, as well as critical housing loss prevention services, crisis
intervention and other vital resources to the community, but we simply could not
do what we do without the community support.”
Campaign Kick Off
Monday April 29th at all Port Colborne Tim Hortons locations. Get your Smile
Cookies and support your local charity, running from April 29th through May 5th. Make a difference in your community!
Join the Smile Cookie Conversation
Use the hashtag #SmileCookie
Tag or follow us on Instagram @TimHortons & @PortCares
Like us on Facebook Tim Hortons & Port Cares
Visit www.timhortons.ca/smile-cookie for a list of local charities benefiting from
the Smile Cookie campaign
Smile Cookie Campaign Facts
Every year, Tim Hortons guests and restaurant owners across the country rally
together behind the weeklong Smile Cookie campaign.
Tim Hortons has been raising funds for local charities for over 25 years. Last
year, Tim Hortons restaurants raised a record breaking $19.7 million for local
charities and community groups, and $111 million raised since the program’s
inception.
Quick Facts About Port Cares & The Reach Out Centre:
Since 1986, Port Cares has offered a multitude of services for people, young and old,
not only in Port Colborne, but also across Niagara including Lincoln, West Lincoln,
Welland, Pelham and Fort Erie. They offer housing loss prevention, employment
training, a food bank, EarlyON Child and Family Centres, a meal program, utility
assistance, counselling and crisis services - as well as seasonal programs like Give a
Gift and more. Their services are wide-ranging - the need is undeniable.
Port Cares Reach Out Centre (ROC) currently assists 1 in 8 Port Colborne
residents. A third of the people reliant on the ROC food bank are children.
The most needed food item donations for the food bank include canned meat,
canned fruit, canned vegetables, pasta & sauce, peanut butter, cereal, jam, baby
food, formula and diapers, personal hygiene items.
Last year the Port Cares Reach Out Food Centre located at 61 Nickel Street,
Port Colborne, provided over 2,700 lunch kits and more than 13,500 lunches to local school-age elementary and secondary school children who live in low-
income households.
Hot, nutritious community meals are served three times a week to families and
individuals in need with more than 120 adults and children typically attending
each meal.
Port Cares’ mission is to help those in our community with social and economic needs improve their
quality of life. Port Cares’ vision is to provide help, hope and opportunity for all to achieve their potential.