Making A True Difference

Individuals | Communities | The Planet

Tim Hortons believes it has a positive role to play in enabling communities to thrive and grow.

Commitments Goals What we are doing
Children
Together with our Restaurant Owners (our Franchisees), making a meaningful contribution to the lives of children in our communities
          
               

  • 17,000 economically disadvantaged children participating in Tim Horton Children's Foundation camps and programs by 2013.
  • Renovating and expanding our existing camps, and planning two new camps in Manitoba and British Columbia. 
  • Community Success
    Together with our Restaurant Owners, helping make our communities a better place to live in
             
                 
  • Invest a minimum of $15 million through our national, regional and local initiatives in 2010.
  • 275,000 children participating in the Timbits Minor Sports program in 2010.
  • Implement a meaningful, structured and long-term partnership with the Aboriginal community.
  • Growing our Smile Cookie, Timbits Minor Sports, Free Skate/Swim, Food Drives, and Earn-a-Bike programs by 3% in 2010.
  • Timbits Minor Sports now includes hockey, soccer, lacrosse, t-ball, baseball and ringette across Canada and in the U.S.
  • Working with Aboriginal leaders and their communities in four key areas: 1) education, 2) empowering youth, 3) economic development, and 4) employment.
  • Tim Hortons Coffee Partnership
    Helping build viable coffee communities

                
  • 2,500 small holder farmers participating in our Coffee Partnership projects in 2010.
  • 10,000 hectares of land under environmentally responsible management in 2010.
  • Helping small holder farmers in Guatemala, Colombia and Brazil by supporting them in the key areas of business, social and environmental management.
  • Providing technical support in agrochemical and fertilization management, water recycling and treatment, watershed protection, erosion control, and biodiversity conservation.