Community & Goodwill
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 Do Their Part For Earth Week
On April 24th, to celebrate Earth Week, Tim Hortons corporate office employees took part in their 4th Annual Corporate Clean Up. During this event, over 275 Tim Hortons corporate staff cleaned up the neighborhood and surrounding areas of their local regional offices across Canada and the United States.
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..jpg)
2008 Ontario Envirothon Provincial Competition
This past spring (May 7 - 10), Tim Hortons sponsored the 2008 Ontario Envirothon Provincial Competition. More than 100 students from schools across Ontario filled the cabins at Tim Horton Onondaga Farms in St. George, Ontario to participate in hands-on learning activities including the restoration of a nearby conservation area. This year's competition called 'Leave No Footprints' challenged students to find different ways to reduce their environmental footprint.
The Envirothon Program is a "team sport" for environmental smarts offered by the Ontario Forestry Association. Annually, over 5,000 students from various regions across Ontario participate and learn more about the environment through unique outdoor competitions. Winning teams from each region move on to take part in a provincial competition. The team that wins the provincial competition will represent Ontario at the North American competition in July 2008.