Tim Hortons Foundation Camps

Established in 1974 in honour of Tim Horton's love for children, Tim Hortons® Foundation Camps’ signature programs are intentionally designed to help youth aged 12-16 from disadvantaged circumstances discover the strengths existing within themselves.

Since its inception, Tim Hortons Foundation Camps have supported more than 315,000 youth from disadvantaged circumstances. Through a multi-year, camp-based program, participants learn skills like leadership, resilience, and responsibility, empowering them to believe in their own potential and change their stories for the better. Attending Tim Hortons Foundation Camps comes at absolutely no cost to youth or their families.

With seven camps in North America that run year-round school, summer and community-based programs, youth are supported to thrive when they return home, to excel in post-secondary education, to succeed at work and to contribute positively to their communities. The impact of these programs is sustained and deepened through repeated experiences; campers are invited to return annually through their influential early teen years, where they realize the positive compounding effects of participating over time.

Tim Hortons restaurant owners and The TDL Group Corp. are proud supporters of Tim Hortons Foundation Camps. Our largest fundraising initiative is Camp Day, a 24-hour period when restaurant owners donate the proceeds of all coffee sales, specially designed Camp Day bracelets and public donations to the Foundation.

Raised in 2022 during Camp Day
since 2000

C$12M+

During Camp Day in 2022, owners and guests raised over $12 million CAD. In addition, funding for the Foundation comes from donations made by many valued suppliers, individual donors, corporate sponsors, community partners, and public donations collected year-round in coin boxes.

Supporting Underserved Youth

In September 2022, Tims Camps announced a 5-year, $5 million partnership with Justice Fund, focused on supporting underserved youth. The partnership enables the two not-for-profit organizations to combine their resources to provide programming opportunities for Black, Indigenous, and youth of colour from under-resourced communities in Toronto.

Supporting Indigenous Communities

Tims Camps is committed to collaborating with mission-aligned organizations to provide life-changing opportunities to youth who need it most. Through partnerships with Indigenous youth-serving organizations, the Foundation is establishing a local-to-camp strategy to serve First Nation, Inuit, and Métis youth across Canadian camp locations.

Tims Coffee for Communities Program

The Tims Coffee for Communities program was established in 2005, with a goal of improving the lives of coffee farmers, their families and the entire community within the regions where we source coffee for Tim Hortons. Its philosophy is consistent with the brand's long history of giving back to communities. Through our partners — local coffee exporters, not-for-profit and producer organizations — we aim to improve the livelihoods of small holder farmers and contribute to the long-term sustainability of the coffee industry.

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Timbits Sports

The Tim Hortons Timbits Sports Program is a community-oriented program that provides opportunities for kids aged four to eight to play house league hockey and soccer. The philosophy of the program is not based on winning or losing, but on learning a new sport, making new friends and just being a kid.

The Tim Hortons Timbits Sports Program is a community-oriented program that provides opportunities for kids aged four to eight to play house league hockey and soccer. The philosophy of the program is not based on winning or losing, but on learning a new sport, making new friends and just being a kid.

Children supported in 2022
through Timbits Sport

300K+

Baking a Difference

At Tim Hortons, sometimes baked goods can be more than simply tasty treats — they can also play a role in creating positive change. From cookies to donuts, our items can often exemplify how seemingly small actions can have a large impact on the lives of many.

Smile Cookie

Everyone loves a smiling chocolate chunk cookie – especially when it’s for a good cause. Every year, through this unique program, Tim Hortons restaurant owners sell special Smile Cookies for a full week and donate 100% of the proceeds to local charities, hospitals, and community programs.

The Smile Cookie program started in 1996 to help raise funds for the Hamilton Children’s Hospital in Ontario. Since then, the annual charitable campaign has raised over C$92 million, with 100% of all proceeds from Smile Cookie sales donated to local charities and community groups. Thanks to our guests, the Tim Hortons 2022 Smile Cookie campaign raised a record-breaking C$15 million in one week for over 600 charities, hospitals, food banks, schools, and community care groups across Canada and the U.S.

Raised in the 2022 Tim Hortons Smile Cookie campaign
since 2000

C$15M

Orange Sprinkle Donut

In 2022, together with its 1,500 restaurant owners across Canada, Tim Hortons launched their second annual Orange Sprinkle Donut fundraising campaign in support of Indigenous charities, including the New Pathways Foundation, the Orange Shirt Society, the Indian Residential School Survivors Society, and the James Smith Cree Nation Community Fund. In 2022, sales from Orange Sprinkle Donuts raised approximately C$1 million for residential school survivors. The idea for the campaign originated in 2021 following the discovery of unmarked graves found at a former residential school in Kamloops, British Columbia. A nearby Tim Hortons restaurant became an impromptu gathering place for people who visited the site to pay their respects.

Special Olympics Donut

Continuing its partnership with Special Olympics Canada, Tim Hortons introduced the #ChooseToInclude donut, which was available for a limited time in January 2022. The fundraiser generated approximately C$600K. All proceeds from the donut sales directly supported local Special Olympics community programs, benefiting over 41,000 athletes with intellectual disabilities across Canada and helping them access more opportunities to reach their full potential in sport and in life.

Learn more about Tim Hortons’ commitment to people and communities
through the Tims for Good platform


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