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Smile Cookies return in support of Reading College

Sep 16, 2018 | 3:18 PM

Yummy Smile Cookies are back at your local Tim Horton’s this week and once again proceeds from Red Deer locations will benefit Reading College.

Reading College is an initiative of the Foundation for Red Deer Public Schools.

Each summer, upwards of 60 grade two students participate in the month-long program which takes place at RDC.

“We set up this amazing and fun summer program for kids where they learn to love reading, and learn to gain the skills to be more successful in their own reading,” says Stu Henry, Red Deer Public Schools superintendent.

“If they don’t become literate in the next year or two of their lives, they are not set up for a lifetime of success. However, if we can get them over that hump, that’s a lifetime of difference for that child. It will make a difference for them, make a difference for their families and make a difference in their life experiences.”

Smile Cookies will be sold from Monday, Sept. 17 until Sunday, Sept. 23 at all Tim Horton’s locations.

Other organizations benefitting in nearby communities include*:

Blackfalds – Wolf Creek Schools Kindergarten Community Book Project

Innisfail – Big Brothers Big Sisters Red Deer and District

Lacombe – Big Brothers Big Sisters Lacombe

Ponoka – Ponoka Youth Centre

Penhold – Penhold Youth Centre

Red Deer College – Red Deer Food Bank

Rocky Mountain House – STARS Air Ambulance

Stettler – Stettler Hospital

*As listed on TimHortons.com