Smile Cookie Week was held at Tim Horton's from September 19th to the 25th and once again it received massive support from Dauphin and area.
After all the chips were counted, the Dauphin Tim Horton's sold over 46,000 cookies which resulted in a lot of dough for Maamawi Park and the 4 Seasons Tobaggon Run. They will receive just over $46,000 in proceeds.
The total amount of smile cookies sold at the Dauphin Tim's was the highest in Manitoba and the second highest in all of Canada. This is something that made franchise owner Greg Crisanti ecstatic.
"Yeah it was pretty amazing when we found out the news. A lot of hard work and volunteer hours went into it, we are extremely pleased and happy with a number so strong coming out of smile cookie week", commented Crisanti.
Crisanti says he, his staff, and lots of volunteers had blue and pink hands by the end of the week as a result of placing the eyes and the smile on each of the over 46,000 smile cookies sold.
Selling nearly 50,000 smile cookies is no easy task and one that can not be done alone. Crisanti is thankful for the remarkable support from local businesses who matched cookie sales, the hard work from volunteers, and one individual in particular.
"Stacey Penner [is a] huge supporter of smile cookie week ... without her pounding the pavement for us and tracking down some great community sponsors, we really wouldn't be able to bring in the numbers that we did", said Crisanti.
Smile Cookie Week 2023 will take place in May. The charity will be chosen in the near future.
