{"id":36181,"date":"2025-04-24T14:04:43","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T18:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=36181"},"modified":"2025-04-24T14:04:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T18:04:46","slug":"smile-cookie-week-will-benefit-canadian-mental-health-association","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/smile-cookie-week-will-benefit-canadian-mental-health-association\/","title":{"rendered":"Smile Cookie Week will benefit Canadian Mental Health Association"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Tim Hortons fundraiser runs April 28 \u2013 May 4<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smile Cookie Week returns to Tim Hortons locations across the country April 28 through May 4, with proceeds from the sales of the cheery-looking confections benefiting the communities in which they serve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year, sales of all Smile Cookies sold in Aurora will benefit the Canadian Mental Health Association of York Region and South Simcoe. (CMHA-YRSS)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re excited to be rallying the community for their support!\u201d says the CMHA-YRSS. \u201cTim Hortons Smile Cookies are delicious chocolate chunk cookies that are hand-decorated with pink and blue icing to create a smile. There\u2019s no better way to treat your family, friends, and co-workers between April 28 \u2013 May 4 while also making a difference in your local community!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Smile Cookie program started in 1996 to help raise funds for the Hamilton Children\u2019s Hospital in Ontario.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, more than 600 local charities and organizations in communities across Canada benefit from Smile Cookie sales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Tim Hortons 2024 Smile Cookie campaign raised more than $19.8 million in one week for over 600 charities, hospitals and community groups across Canada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sales in King Township will go towards the Aurora-based Hope House Community Hospice while Newmarket sales will benefit the Southlake Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information on the initiative, including the beneficiaries in each community, and how to order cookies online in advance, with sales still benefiting local partners, visit www.timhortons.ca\/smile-cookie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Brock Weir<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tim Hortons fundraiser runs April 28 \u2013 May 4 Smile Cookie Week returns to Tim Hortons locations across the country April 28 through May 4, with proceeds from the sales of the cheery-looking confections benefiting the communities in which they serve. This year, sales of all Smile Cookies sold in Aurora will benefit the Canadian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general_news","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36181"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36182,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36181\/revisions\/36182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}