HUMBOLDT 鈥� The results of a fundraising campaign done by Tim Hortons put a smile on the Humboldt District Hospital Foundation鈥檚 face.
Humboldt residents bought 11,023 smile cookies from Sept. 16 to 22. For each cookie bought, a dollar was donated to the foundation.
Lorrie Bunko, the foundation鈥檚 executive director, said they originally thought the campaign would allow them to buy one of two specialized safe beds for the hospital.
鈥淲ith this generosity from the public and Tim Hortons, we are able to buy two beds,鈥� she said.
Dan Grywacheski, the Humboldt Tim Hortons franchise owner, said over the past few years, they鈥檝e been in first place as a percentage of sales in the region. Last year, they were also in first for the largest number of cookie sales in the region, raising $8,593.
鈥淭his year we were going to try to exceed that goal and we did,鈥� he said.
鈥淏y the Thursday, we knew that we were going to just launch it out of the water.鈥�
Bunko said the annual national fundraiser is a great feel-good event for September.
鈥淲e always have a lot of fun at this,鈥� she said. 鈥淵ou know what, when you surprise people with a smile cookie, it puts a smile on their face right away.鈥�
