Annual ‘Camp Day’ at Tim Hortons supports work of Foundation Camps

It’s ‘Camp Day’ at Tim Hortons restaurants across Canada and the United States with 100 per cent of all hot coffee and iced coffee sales donated to Tim Hortons Foundation Camps.

“For nearly four decades, Camp Day has been a powerful reminder of what the Tim Hortons community can accomplish together. Every hot and iced coffee sold on July 15 goes directly toward helping youth from underserved communities discover their full potential – and last year, that led to an incredible $13 million raised,” said Axel Schwan, President of Tim Hortons.

The first Camp Day was held in 1987 by 58 restaurant owners in Atlantic Canada who donated 24 hours of sales to build the Tim Horton Children’s Camp in Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia, which opened the following year.

The initiative expanded to all Tim Hortons restaurants across Canada in 1991.

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The non-profit charitable organization has supported nearly 350,000 underserved youth throughout its history through sending kids to Tims Camps – which is now a multi-year development program that promotes confidence, resiliency, and other critical skills – and through the Tims Classrooms Program which launched in 2024 and brings a youth leadership and social emotional learning program to schools across the country.

The first Tim Hortons restaurant opened in Hamilton in 1964.

Tim Hortons Foundation Camps was founded in 1974 by Tim Hortons’ business partner Ron Joyce to honour his late friend Tim Horton, a legendary Canadian NHL defenseman and co-founder of the coffee and doughnut chain.

To make a one-time or monthly donation online to Tim Hortons Foundation Camps visit www.timscamps.com.