Campaign Puts Smile on Kids’ Faces

Photo (L-R) Pam Gakhal, Danica Currie and Dan Currie of Tim Hortons present a cheque to Kevin Arbuckle and Lisa Westermark from VJH Foundation.

Tim Hortons has managed to put a smile on the faces of kids and their families at Vernon Jubilee Hospital.

The restaurant’s annual Smile Cookie campaign held at the stores in Vernon, Armstrong and Enderby in September raised $26,670 in cookie sales and a matching donation from owners Dan and Jamie Currie.

The funds will support Pediatric Care at VJH.

The campaign has raised 309-thousand dollars locally since 2003, which has been spent on equipment for the Women’s & Children’s Health Services Department and the 6th and 7th floors of Polson Tower at Vernon Jubilee Hospital. Recent campaigns have funded physiological monitors for infants and children, and LED exam lights for pregnant patients in triage.

“It is always heartwarming to see community members throughout the North Okanagan come together to support our kids,” says Lisa Westermark, VJH Foundation Executive Director. “Our thanks go out to our community and to Tim Hortons for their continuing support in making health care better.”