‘Truly grateful’: Smile Cookies raised $28,000 for Alliston Hospital

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STEVENSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
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Tim Hortons restaurant owners and millions of generous Tim Hortons guests helped break a new Smile Cookie record by raising $18.8 million for local charities and community groups across the country.

This year in Alliston, local Tim Hortons restaurant owners John and Meagen Lewandowski, Amit and Rachana Seth, and guests helped raise $28,615.81 to support the Stevenson Memorial Hospital Foundation (SMHF). This is the second year in a row that the Stevenson Memorial Hospital Foundation has benefited from the Smile Cookies campaign, 2024 surpassing the record set in 2023. Thanks to community support, approximately 19,066 cookies were sold. Funds will support the Because of You, We Can Campaign at SMHF.

“We are truly grateful to Tim Hortons for selecting us as the recipient of the 2024 Smile Cookies Campaign proceeds,” said Melody McClean, Director of Development and Campaign Manager for SMHF. “Our sincere thanks go out to the Tim Hortons staff, our wonderful community, and the many volunteers who volunteered their time to assemble the cookies. This generous donation will help provide quality healthcare to our community.”

Smile Cookie campaign data

• The first Smile Cookie campaign in 1996 raised funds to support Hamilton Children’s Hospital. Since then, the annual charity drive has raised a total of more than $111 million for organizations and charities that are selected each year by Tim Hortons restaurant owners.
• Nationwide, Tim Hortons restaurant owners support more than 600 local charities and community groups through the Smile Cookie campaign

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The Because of you, we can campaign is the largest campaign in SMHF history. Donations received help purchase essential equipment, upgrade technology and complete critical renovations to transform and redevelop Stevenson Memorial Hospital.

The hospital’s redevelopment plan includes a new Emergency Department that will triple in size. With an emergency department built to handle 7,000 visits a year, currently handling nearly 40,000 a year, along with a growing population in South Simcoe and surrounding communities, this redevelopment is needed today and for generations to come.

For more information, to get involved or to donate, please visit transformingstevenson.ca

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