Buying a cup of coffee at Tim Hortons on June 6 can help send local children to camp.
Tim Hortons Camp Day donates 100 per cent of the funds raised to send two local children to one of its six camps in North America.
Every penny from its coffee sales over a 24-hour period on Camp Day will be used for the program, which tallied $9.9 million countrywide last year.
Assistant manager Sadie Lawrence says several events special to 100 Mile House will take place as additional fundraisers for the program.
As long as the weather co-operates, a barbecue will be fired up under a tent in the parking lot selling hotdogs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., she explains.
Tree seedlings will be available in green, refillable Tim Hortons mugs for $5, which Lawrence adds is a great deal.
Special picnic cutlery/condiment sets in Tim Hortons canisters will also be available for $5, and a window-washing fundraiser will take place at the drive-thru.
There’s a new fundraising event called a rent-a-tent ($1) and rent-a-cabin ($5), she says, where folks print their name on a paper cutout that will be posted on the wall to acknowledge the donation.
As usual, the RCMP, 100 Mile House Fire-Rescue and the BC Ambulance Service have all been extended invitations to take the helm at the drive-thru and sandwich counter, Lawrence explains.
Inside-the-restaurant events will include some contests with prizes.
She encourages everyone to stop in during Camp Day at the 100 Mile House Tim Hortons on Highway 97 at First Street and buy a cup of coffee or leave a cash donation for the program.
The local Tim Hortons has participated in Camp Day every year since 2002.
Local storeowners Steve and Barb MacPhail help select local youth based on criteria, and along with other Tim Hortons franchisees, send more than 14,000 children to camp.
These include a 10-day summer camp, weekend residential camp with leadership programs, a seven-day winter camp and other programs.
