Smile cookies are back at Tim Hortons for the ninth year, with local proceeds supporting the ChildrenB次元官网网址檚 Health Foundation of Vancouver Island.

The annual campaign kicked off on Monday (Sept. 19) and will see 100 per cent of proceeds from chocolate chunk cookie sales at 23 Tim Hortons restaurants across the Capital Regional District go directly to Jeneece Place, a house on the grounds of Victoria General Hospital that provides a place for families who travel to the region for medical care to stay.

B次元官网网址淲e have families travelling from places like Port Hardy, Port Alice, Campbell River and all the way down,B次元官网网址� Veronica Carroll, CEO of ChildrenB次元官网网址檚 Health Foundation of Vancouver Island, told Black Press Media. B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 often a time of great stress for families that stay at the house, so the dollars this week, through this fantastic program, go directly to support families who need to stay at Jeneece Place. Last year we raised almost $40,000 in cookie sales which was phenomenal. And this year weB次元官网网址檙e hoping to completely blow that out of the water.B次元官网网址�

Owned and operated by the ChildrenB次元官网网址檚 Health Foundation of Vancouver Island, Jeneece Place has a kitchen, dining, living and play rooms, 10 bedrooms and a backyard where parents and their kids can feel at home during often stressful times.

Jeneece Place hosts around 350 families each year on average and itB次元官网网址檚 hosted more than 2,760 families since opening its doors back in 2012.

But thereB次元官网网址檚 a financial barrier for some, noted Carroll.

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Cookies can be purchased in-store and at the drive-through at participating locations. They can also be ordered online for pick-up or through the Tim Hortons mobile app for delivery.

A map of participating restaurants as well as order forms can be found online at .

The fundraiser runs through Sunday, Sept. 25.

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