Environmental Events

Oakville Adopt-a-Road program

The Town of Oakville is applauding (PDF) local Tim Hortons store owners for their commitment to clean up as part of the Town's Adopt-a-Road program. This year, 14 Oakville Tim Hortons retail store owners have signed up with the Town to pick-up litter along the road surrounding their locations.

Corporate Employees 'Roll Up' their sleeves during Annual Corporate Clean Up

In celebration of Earth Day on April 22nd, Tim Hortons corporate employees volunteered in an annual corporate clean up event. Over 500 Tim Hortons employees across regional offices in both Canada and the United States took part.  Hundreds of bags of garbage and recyclables were collected from neighbourhoods and roadsides.

 

Tim Hortons sponsors annual Eco-Festival

Once again this April, local Tim Hortons store owners sponsored Hamilton students to attend the annual Eco-Festival at the Royal Botanical Gardens.

The Eco-Festival has educated 35,000 students from grades 4 to 6 for over 12 years. This unique four-day event brings together a number of environmental organizations, businesses and experts. It empowers elementary students by offering them ideas on how to make an eco-friendly difference in their communities. 

Tim Hortons Sponsors Earth Month 'Garbage' Screenings

During the month of April, Tim Hortons, along with local municipalities and the Recycling Council of Ontario, sponsored screenings of the award-winning environmental documentary, Garbage, produced by Andrew Nisker.  Local students and government officials gathered at Cineplex Theatres to watch the inspiring documentary and discuss what they can do to bring positive change to their communities, at school and at home.

Tim Hortons Stores Participate in Global Earth Hour Event

On March 28, 2009 Tim Hortons was pleased to join the hundreds of businesses and residents who supported the global Earth Hour Event.  Participating stores took part by reducing energy in their stores.

Tim Hortons Onondaga Farms Celebrates Earth Day

On April 18th Tim Hortons Onondaga Farms hosted their annual tree planting and road side clean up.  Local neighbours, businesses, friends and families came out to take part in this important grassroots initiative where hundreds of American sweet chestnut trees and other types of trees, that will provide food for wildlife, were planted.

2010 Envirothon Takes Place at Tim Horton Onondaga Farms

From May 5th to 8th, the Tim Horton Onondaga Farms hosted the 2010 Ontario Envirothon Provincial Competition. The event saw close to 100 students from across the province come together and compete in one of the only outdoor environmental competitions for high school students. Students participated in hands on workshops focused on soils, aquatics, forestry, wildlife and groundwater protection. Students took part in projects helping to restore the natural beauty of Onondaga Farms through tree and shrub plantings, and helping to stabilize pond edges with rocks. 18 schools from 18 different regions in Ontario went head to head in testing to become Ontario Envirothon Champions. Congratulations go to the University of Toronto Schools, who will go on to represent Ontario at the Canon Envirothon in Fresno, California in August.

The Ontario Envirothon is the only outdoor competition of its kind in Ontario. Over 200 schools compete across the province in their regional events, vying for a chance to represent their region at the provincial event. The Envirothon is a unique program that brings environmental awareness to thousands of students across the province. Many Envirothon participants go on to be the green leaders of tomorrow."

The Tim Horton Children's Foundation is proud to once again be hosting Envirothon in 2011