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Wednesday, May 28, 2014

kids and Tim Hortons

Tim Hortons Camp Day

     So the Tim Hortons (Twitter name @TimHortons or for the french version they are @ChezTimHortons or in the USA @TimHortonsUs) camp day is on Wednesday June 4th 2014 this year. Every time you and people you know buy a coffee from Tim Hortons all the 100% proceeds of that coffee go to help children go to camp this year with Tim Hortons. Last year alone more than 17,000 disadvantaged children got to go to camp at 1 of 6 local camps in North America run and operated by THCF (on twitter as @thcf1974). You can also help buy texting the word “Camp” to 45678 and you will of donated $5 to this event and the $5 charge will show on your next invoice from your wireless carrier.

This year the target that Tim Hortons has set to send a kid to camp is 200,000  which is a hefty goal but the end result is a miracle not only to reach but also a miracle for the children that get to go to the camps as well. There are 2 recent videos I found online (Listed below). Last year alone Tim Hortons took in 11.8 Million in Donations for the camps and children.

THCF - "In Their Own Words": http://youtu.be/JuFWYIHmRVo
About camp day at Tim Horton Children's Foundation - Because of Camp: http://youtu.be/2A1edJ-aRPU

Tim Hortons just recently passed there 50th year in business starting with their first store in Brampton Ontario and when camp day first started 40 years ago they had coin collection boxes available at their cash registers for people to make donations but now you can also for some time also do what they call is Rent-A-Tent for $1 or Rent-A-Cabin for $2 in the stores as well. But now you can also have then server round your transaction up to the nearest dollar as well and that extra is donated to the Camp Day event as well.

Virtually all stores have a different way of celebrating camp day by decorating each store differently and or by the employee's dressing differently or by doing different events like selling hot dogs and hamburgers or other items or by doing draws for items like Tim Hortons cup's and such. By them doing this they are also taking these extra proceeds and putting them towards camp day as well. So if you have the chance to and you normally go to more Tim Hortons more than once a day try and go to a different one each visit on that day and see what the difference is between them, you may be thoroughly surprised by what you see there.

Also again this year Tim Hortons is holding another free open house at their Tatamagouche Nova Scotia camp site. It is on June 1st from 1pm to 5pm. They will be having games, face painting and boating and snacks as well
The Tim Horton Children's Camp in Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia opened in 1988. The camp is located on the shores of the Northumberland Strait where campers can experience Maritime living and heritage.  The Tim Horton Children's Camp hosts residential campers throughout the summer months and March Break. Schools.


  • Tim Horton Children's Camp
  • RR #3 (Sunrise Trail - Route 6)
  • Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia
  • Tel: 1-(902) 657-2359


Now you can also volunteer with the camps in many ways, but here are the 2 key selling points
Tim Horton Children's Foundation volunteers contribute thousands of hours helping economically disadvantaged children discover their best at camp. Whether you want to volunteer in the camp program, help get the site ready to welcome over 16,000 young people, or support the administration of the Foundation, the Tim Horton Children's Foundation has a wide variety of volunteer opportunities to match your passion, skills and schedule.
Apply to be a volunteer http://www.timhortons.com/ca/pdf/2014_Volunteer_Application_Form_EN.pdf with the Tim Horton Children's Foundation
Benefits of Volunteering: Volunteering is more than just sharing your time and passion, it's about the satisfaction of knowing you are helping people become stronger, giving back to your community and gaining valuable work experience that will enhance your career development.
You can also contact the Tim Horton Children's Foundation Home Office at 1-519-448-1248 to learn about volunteer opportunities in your area.


To wrap this up here is a listing of all the Tim Hortons camp sites with the recommendation to see what you can do to help in one way or another with the camp and or the children.

Tim Horton Onondaga Farms, St. George

Tim Horton Onondaga Farms opened in June 2002 on 400 acres of rolling hills and wetlands in St. George, Ontario (near Brantford) and is the Foundation's newest camp. Onondaga Farms hosts both residential campers and Youth Leadership Program participants throughout the summer months and March Break. Schools, youth groups and other community organizations that meet the Foundation's selection criteria can also benefit from year-round programming.

Tim Horton Onondaga Farms
RR #2, 264 Glen Morris Road East
St. George, Ontario
Tel: 1-(519) 448-1264

Tim Horton Children's Ranch, Kananaskis

The Tim Horton Children's Ranch, which opened in 1991, is nestled on 150 acres in beautiful Kananaskis Country, Alberta. Participants at "the Ranch" have the unique experience of living in the Canadian Rockies, and enjoying activities such as horseback riding, rock climbing and white water rafting as well as other traditional camp activities. Tim Horton Children's Ranch hosts residential campers throughout the summer months. Schools, youth groups and other community organizations that meet the Foundation's selection criteria can also benefit from year-round programming.

Tim Horton Children's Ranch
1 Tim Horton Drive & Hwy. # 40
P.O. Box 117
Kananaskis, Alberta
Tel: 1-(403) 673-2494

Tim Horton Camp Kentahten, Campbellsville

Opened in 2001, this is the first Tim Horton Children's Foundation camp in the United States. The camp occupies 50 acres of waterfront property on Green River Lake, in the heart of Kentucky.  Tim Horton Camp Kentahten hosts residential campers throughout the summer months and March Break. Schools, youth groups and other community organizations that meet the Foundation's selection criteria can also benefit from year-round programming.

Camp Kentahten
49 Kentahten Trail
Campbellsville, KY, 42718
1-(270) 465-9250

Tim Horton Children's Camp, Tatamagouche

The Tim Horton Children's Camp in Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia opened in 1988. The camp is located on the shores of the Northumberland Strait where campers can experience Maritime living and heritage.  The Tim Horton Children's Camp hosts residential campers throughout the summer months and March Break. Schools, youth groups and other community organizations that meet the Foundation's selection criteria can also benefit from year-round programming.

Tim Horton Children's Camp
RR #3 (Sunrise Trail - Route 6)
Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia
Tel: 1-(902) 657-2359

Camp Des Voyageurs Tim Horton, Quyon

The Foundation's fourth camp opened in Quyon, Quebec in 1994.  Set on Pontiac Bay of the Ottawa river guests at Camp des Voyageurs Tim Horton can enjoy learning about the rich Voyageur history in the area of the camp. Camp des Voyageurs Tim Horton hosts residential campers throughout the summer months and March Break. Schools, youth groups and other community organizations that meet the Foundation's selection criteria can also benefit from year-round programming.

Camp des Voyageurs Tim Horton
60, chemin du Canal
Quyon, Quebec
Tel: 1-(819) 458-3164

Tim Horton Memorial Camp, Parry Sound

The Tim Horton Memorial Camp is the Foundation's first camp, established in 1975 and is located on Lorimer Lake, north of Parry Sound, Ontario. Situated on 104 acres of land the camp offers many outdoor activities and facilities for all guests to enjoy, including 800 feet of sandy beach.  The Tim Horton Memorial Camp hosts both residential campers and Youth Leadership Program participants throughout the summer months and March Break. Schools, youth groups and other community organizations that meet the Foundation's selection criteria can also benefit from year-round programming.

Memorial Camp
RR #1, Lorimer Lake
Parry Sound, Ontario
Tel: 1-(705) 389-2773

This is a link to all the camp sites right from the main home page that I scoured to get all this info http://www.timhortons.com/ca/en/difference/the_camps.html

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Movies And The Theaters

Movies And The Theaters
Written by: Kevin Cresswell

     So I have been wondering about this for awhile now. Why is it that when you go see a movie it states that it starts at 6:55 but it never does…..

     So every time you go see a movie you get there about 15 minutes early to get your tickets and refreshments and then go get a seat expecting the movie to be starting soon.

     But alas you still have to wait for it to start because now you have to go through all the previews for the new movies that are out or are coming out soon which is the same thing that they were showing 30 minutes prior to the supposed start time of the movie and not to mention the advertisements and trivia that they show as well.

     If they do that then why is it that they don’t state that the movie will be start 15 to 20 minutes later then what they said it would be? A movie that they say will be 2 hours long from start to the end of the credits ends up being almost 2.5 hours instead.

     Back when I first started going to the movies the movies always started at the displayed times and all other previews for movies were playing before the movie actually started and there were no commercials or such that were played before hand (Exception to this rule were and I think are still Drive-In theaters; I wish they were still around and in use), But then again back then movies were good and had plots and were really enjoyable and cheap.

     Also almost like everything else theaters have been increasing their pricing on admissions and concession costs even though their cost for the movie (‘s) have not gone up enough to justify the price increase that the public has to pay to see the movie (‘s).

     For 1 person to go see 1 movie and get popcorn and a drink and lets say skittles you will be paying $25 (Per person minimum) but yet the drink and the popcorn are all bought in bulk and the candies are bought in wholesale; So there is no way that the high cost can be justified with the exception of greed by the company (which they say is they are doing it for their stock holders, which I can see but it is more for the CEO’s pay cheque than anything else) that you are dealing with to see the movie.

     So why is it that these companies charge so much for us to see a movie?. The company is the one that decided to make the huge theater and put in all the extra lights and electronics in the theater not us the paying customer.

     Take a look at the theater next time you get a chance to, you will see that the entrance area has a high ceiling that they have (Large light and heating cost due to the extra room to light and heat), Then if you also notice not all theaters are in use at all times, yet they have it lit up even though no one is in there. Some movie theaters even have separate hallways leading to other theaters that are normally used for big movie releases and sit dormant for some time, but yet they still have to heat them and have lights on in them.

     So in conclusion I do not understand why we as the paying consumer put up with the high cost of seeing 1 movie as we do now.

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Gyms And Their Benefits Or Temporary Lack there of


Gyms And Their Benefits Or Temporary Lack there of
         So I have been wondering about this for a long time now. Why is it that gyms like Good Life Fitness (@GoodLifeFitness) do not take advantage of extra sources of energy for the operation of their gyms?.

         These days you see houses being built with solar panels on the roofs or in the back yards and even some but not many other companies do that as well, all in the response to the rising costs of power rates and to help reduce their monthly expenses.

         You can run allot of equipment with solar power, Water Heaters, Lights, Power outlets for other items and ETC.... The technology is also out there for human power to be converted to energy that can be used by electronics as well..

         So with that being said there are Close to 300 clubs across Canada Good Life Fitness, Just think how many other gyms that are out there as well that are not doing the same thing.

         Now Kudos have to go out to Good Life Fitness for going on UnderCover Boss Canada which aired Thursday March 22nd 2012 at 9PM. However allot of other companies have done the same thing.

         Now the other items that I have on my mind is the fact that all of the machines they have (Rower's, Elliptical's, TradMill's, Recumbent Cycle's Etc...) All of these machines can modified (Yes at a substantial cost) so that the energy that is created on them can be returned and stored in the batteries for the backup of the business location and energy can be returned to the power company for a credit to be applied to the power bill for that location.

         Now what would that mean for the business? Well it would be a large start up investment, however with quite a few of their locations being 24/7 and the close to 300 clubs in Canada of which they have 750,000 members (And Growing), That is allot of energy that is being wasted and not being put to good use. This would mean that over time the over head expense of the clubs they have would be lowered weekly/Bi-Weekly/Monthly/Quarterly/Annually thus this would allow them to take the extra profits that they have been able to acquire and put it in to more donations and foundations such as the (The Kilee Patchell-Evans Autism Research Group at the University of Western Ontario and The GoodLife Kids Foundation) and not to mention they can also lower their monthly gym membership fee's as well, that in turn would get them over time more members at a faster rate than they already have which

    in turn they would go from 1 in every 45 Canadians as members to a bigger ratio which is always a good thing. The more people that are part a of a gym that go to the gym on a regular basis have a better chance of having better health and well being (And no one can say that we don't as a society need to get in better shape). If McDonalds can be the official restaurant of the Olympics we might as well say is smoking is the official medicine of cancer.
       
         These are a listing of local gyms near me, to date I have gone to the Burnside 24 Hrs 4 Days/Wk (Main Gym for me and love it, always clean and friendly staff, When I went for my introduction with the personal trainer we were there 30 minutes or more past he end time for her shift but she had no problem with that at all) and the Scotia Square (Been their once, not impressed, was rushed out before closing, TV's were turned off at least 10 minutes before closing and that was after I was told they were closing soon, their Vending machine was out of order and bathroom was dirty; needless to say I showered when I got got home.) I am gonna try and get to the other gyms close by and see what they are like.

         Now to be fair this is my opion of the 2 gyms I have been to myself, I recommend everyone at some point try it out and make your own opinions, Good Life Fitness does provide a "3 Free Visit Pass" for everyone, the link to that is here for all to see and fill out. Link

    Club Info Source: Link

    Burnside 24 Hrs 4 Days/Wk
         202 Brownlow Ave. Unit CCY
         Dartmouth, NS
         Coed Club
          Tel:  (902) 481-2348
         Fax: (902) 468-2581
         burnside@goodlifefitness.com

    Scotia Square
         5201 Duke Street
         Halifax, NS
         Coed Club
         Tel:  (902) 492-9289
         Fax:  (902) 492-0110
         scotiasquare@goodlifefitness.com

    Penhorn Plaza 24 Hrs 4 Days/Wk
         555 Portland Street, Unit A015
         Dartmouth, NS
         Coed Club
         Tel:  (902) 464-5433
         Fax:  (902) 464-1619
         dartmouthpenhorn@goodlifefitness.com

    Park Lane
         5657 Spring Garden Rd.
         Halifax, NS
         Coed Club
         Tel:  (902) 425-2348
         Fax:  (902) 425-2877
         parklane@goodlifefitness.com

    Joseph Howe Drive Atlantic Superstore
         3601 Joseph Howe Drive
         Halifax, NS
         Women's Club
         Tel:  (902) 453-7724
         Fax:  (902) 455-5029
         halifaxjoseph@goodlifefitness.com

    Park Victoria
         1333 South Park Street
         Halifax, NS
         Women's Club
          Tel:  (902) 422-6696
          Fax:  (902) 406-3930
         parkvic@goodlifefitness.com

    Clayton Plaza 24 Hrs 4 Days/Wk
         70 Lacewood Dr.
         Halifax, NS
         Coed Club
         Tel:  (902) 457-2226
          Fax:  (902) 457-7377
         cpark@goodlifefitness.com

    Portland Landrance
         650 Portland St.
         Dartmouth, NS
         Coed Club
         Tel: (902) 435-0818
         Fax: (902) 435-3798
         portlandstreet@goodlifefitness.com





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