M.L.’s Smile Cookie raising funds for Pioneers Lodge
Meadow Lake’s Tim Hortons store has high hopes to make the fundraising committee of the Northland Pioneers Lodge smile a lot this year.
Every year for a week September, Tim Hortons stores across the country sell $1 Smile Cookies for local charities. The last two years, the funds raised at the Meadow Lake store have gone to support the new Northlands Pioneer Lodge. This year’s campaign is hopping in the community so far, according to co-manager and owner, Phil Lefevre who runs the store with his sister Kim.
“They sold 853 cookies [on Wednesday alone],” he said. “That surpassed last year by 400 cookies for the whole week. It surprised us as well, I was just absolutely amazed, and it’ll be nice to see what the end result is this year.”
He said the staff has been doing a great job promoting, and the fundraising committee for the lodge has been doing a lot of promotion as well.