Richard Froese
South Peace News
The Children’s Resource Council in High Prairie received more than $8,600 donated by Tim Hortons in a special marketing campaign to support charity.
The CRC accepted a cheque for $8,612.65 from Tim Hortons in High Prairie as the local recipient for the Smile Cookie Campaign from April 28 to May 5.
CRC executive director Naal Sharkawi and the CRC are all smiles from the donation.
“The CRC applied to be the local recipient of the Smile Cookie Campaign and we were successful in the application,” Sharkawi says.
“The community, organizations, municipalities and businesses were tremendous in their support.”
Funds were designated to operations of CRC programs, he says.
“As a non-profit organization in a rural area and with inflation, it is becoming ever increasingly harder to maintain operations,” Sharkawi says.
“However, with fundraising campaigns such as the Smile Cookie, our auction, our current raffle box and 50/50, we continue to provide valuable services to residents of the High Prairie region.”
He and the CRC appreciate community support.
“We are grateful to the community and citizens for their continued support and hope to continue to grow and provide more programs, services, supports and events to the community,” Sharkawi says.
He says the local Tim Hortons and general manager Quincy Ballester-Quinlog are amazing supporters of the community.