Firefighters were among the community members who chipped in at Tim Hortons June 2 as part of the chain's annual Camp Day, a fundraiser that will send more than 14,000 Canadian kids to camp this year.
All proceeds from coffee sales on Camp Day are donated to the Tim Hortons Children's Foundation, a non-profit charitable organization established in 1974.
Tim Hortons store owners choose local children between nine and 12 years old to be the recipients of either a 10-day summer camp experience or a seven-day winter camp experience by working with schools and local youth organizations to identify youth who would most benefit from an experience at camp.
Started in Atlantic Canada in 1986 when store owners banded together to raise money to build the Tatamagouche camp, Camp Day became a chain-wide fundraiser in 1991. Last year, Camp Day raised more than $9.4 million. Since 1975, the Tim Hortons Children's Foundation has sent more than 130,000 kids to camp.
The camps children selected to be Camp Day recipients can attend are in Parry Sound, Ont., Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia, Kananaskis, Alta., Quyon, Que., Campbellsville, Kentucky and St. George, Ont.
