Heartland Hospice Moose Jaw is preparing to break ground on the new hospice care wing at Pioneer Lodge this Monday, May 6, and to support its Capital Campaign making the endeavour possible, the local non-profit has been selected as the recipient of the Tim Horton’s Smile Cookie campaign for the third consecutive year.
In a show of support for Heartland Hospice’s new project, long-time supporter and (informal) local partner Aspira West Park Crossing decided to help by purchasing a Smile Cookie to represent each staff member and resident at the senior’s home on May 3.
In total, the purchase amounted to six dozen cookies and resulted in a lot of smiling faces – although, the residents initially had to get crafty to make this possible.
Charlene Rivard, the home’s sales advisor, was originally purchasing the cookies as a way to say thank-you to her hard-working colleagues and to show their support for Heartland Hospice’s new project.
“While I was delivering the Smile Cookies to staff members, I had some residents stop me and ask for their own (cookies),” she recalled.
“I said, ‘Oh, I’m sorry – I don’t have enough for residents.’”
Shortly after this encounter and upon seeing their curious, inquiring glances as word quickly spread to more and more residents, Rivard spoke with the home’s general manager, Jay Nair, and suggested that they team up to provide cookies for all the residents at West Park Crossing.
With Nair’s approval and some last-minute planning, Rivard contacted Tim Horton’s to ensure they could deliver the sizable order of six-dozen cookies with an ample amount of preparation time. The new plan was simply to substitute the proposed dessert item for a Smile Cookie during lunch.
The decision to revise the plan was well received, Rivard said with assurance.
“I would like to thank Tim Horton’s and Heartland Hospice for this great opportunity,” Rivard said in a message of appreciation for both Tim Horton’s Smile Cookie fundraising campaign and the work done by Heartland Hospice to provide a much-needed palliative hospice care facility in Moose Jaw.
“(It’s) a great thing to do for the community and for (Moose Jaw’s) senior citizens.”
Aspira West Park Crossing is located at 1801 Meier Drive and the front desk can be reached at 306-694-4744. For more information on the senior’s living facility, visit AspiraLife.ca.
The Smile Cookie campaign runs from May 1 - 7, and 100 per cent of proceeds support Heartland Hospice (and local charities in other regions) as it strives to make the community a better place. To learn more about the Tim Horton’s Smile Cookie campaign, visit TimHortons.ca/Smile-Cookie.
To learn more about Heartland Hospice and its new project at Pioneer Lodge, call 306-690-8699 or visit HeartlandHospiceMJ.ca.
