Tim's - Show us the Charity


I don't know much about Mac's but I got a decent cup of coffee from circa September 2 circa 6:00 am.  I was getting a little concerned that I wouldn't get coffee that morning.  I drove by two Tim Horton's and I certainly wasn't going to give them a penny, so I was quite happy to find an alternative.  Hopefully, I don't have to explain why Tim's is such a horrible company.  They are certainly getting enough bad press.  If you are still under the illusion that they are a good company, or under the illusion that they are a Canadian company, send me a message, and I will set you straight. 

The company has done several things to try and restrore their public image.  One of their marketing ploys was the introduction of a smile cookie at the end of September.  They advertised that 100% of the sales of these cookies was going to charity.  I believe it was September 23 - 30. 

I only know one Tim Horton's who has indicated where the proceeds of the smile cookies was going.  That was the Tim Horton's in my home town of Dauphin.  They indicated that they were donating the proceeds to the Whitmore School Playground Fund.  I don't know if Whitmore School still is, but at one time it was one of only 2 in Canada bilingual schools in which one of the languages was Ukrainian. 

Other than that, I have not heard a peep about where the proceeds of the smile cookie campaign have gone.  Since I don't patronize Tim's, I don't have any right to ask.  If you patrontize Tim's, you have the right to ask.  Ask them which charity benefited from their customer's generousity. 

I am very surprised that they haven't tallied up the total across Canada and posted that on their web site.  But, nothing.  Their social media is too busy promoting their 1,394,582,481 new product, some sort of waffle sandwich which will only last a limited time.  Shouldn't they be brought of how much they have raised for charity?   Makes me wonder..........

Please comment which Tim's location you asked, which charity benefited, and how much money was raised. 

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