With the big snowfall we had this week, it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas!
I have to admit that I secretly love this time of the year. I don’t love the cold or having to dig my vehicle out from under a few feet of snow, but I do love the beautiful, fresh, white snow, #WarmWishes, festive decor, wearing warm sweaters and fuzzy scarves and mitts, and wrapping my hands around a nice, hot cup of cocoa!
Speaking of hot chocolate, I really love Tim Hortons’ Candy Cane Hot Chocolate!
#WarmWishes
Tim Hortons’ annual to-go holiday cups have arrived newly dressed for the season and, for the first time, featuring a celebratory hashtag: #WarmWishes. To celebrate the new warm and cozy cup, Tim Hortons has launched a social media campaign around the #WarmWishes hashtag to encourage Canadians to do good for others this holiday season.
Each time a Tim Hortons guest shares a good deed using the #WarmWishes hashtag on Twitter or Instagram, Tim Hortons will pay-it-forward and donate a toque to a child in need through the Tim Horton Children’s Foundation. Tim Hortons’ goal is to provide to 10,000 children with a warm and cozy toque.
Give the gift of Tims!
If you are looking for holiday gift ideas and if those on your list love Tim Hortons, why not give them a great gift set from Tim Hortons? The Tim Hortons Dark Roast coffee, the new Tim Hortons Holiday Mug, Tim Hortons Candy Cane Hot Chocolate and a Tim Hortons Timbit Tree Ornament are perfect for Tim Hortons lovers.
Tim Hortons Holiday Gift Items:
· New Tim Hortons Holiday Mug: 16 oz. porcelain mug available in three colours – red, green and blue ($8.99 each)
· New Tim Hortons Timbit Tree Ornament ($5.99)
· Candy Cane Hot Chocolate: This holiday favourite is available to enjoy at home again this year ($4.69)
· Tim Hortons Dark Roast Ground Coffee (343 g bag at $6.69)
GIVEAWAY
Since the holidays are all about spreading joy and acts of kindness, what better way to pay-it-forward than with a giveaway? Fill out the Rafflecopter form below and leave me a comment telling me a good deed you’ve done recently and you’ll be entered to win 1 of 5 $25 Tims cards! Yes! We’re giving away one Tims card to FIVE lucky Life on Manitoulin readers!
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Giveaway is open to residents of Canada, excluding Quebec. Giveaway ends December 5, 2014.
I donate to the food bank.
I have volunteered at and also donated to the food bank.
i cook and bake for the elderly that have no one and i donate to our town food bank
We donate to the food bank several times over the winter months.
Took part in an office food drive!
We donate at least 2 presents to the Angel tree at our church every Christmas.
my last good deed was my work and I gathered up perishables for our local food bank
I am working with a group of enthusiastic grade 8 students and some teachers to collect toys and non-perishable food items for those in need this weekend. We are doing a Stuff-A-Bus event and collecting at our Santa Claus Parade. #WarmWishes
I am currently taking care of a house next door while they are out of town.
We donate to our local food bank.
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I took my friend to breakfast and gave money to the Salvation Army pot, sponsors neighbourhood kids for the 30 hour famine and bought items for xmas basket at hubby’s work
I love to donate food at many charities
We buy toys for the tree of hope
Every Christmas we donate new toys for kids, we donate to the foodbank and we adopt a family
we donate to the food bank
i bake for the elderly that have no family
I shovel my neighbours driveway
Every year we donate to the food bank.
I donate clothes and other necessaries to the salvation army. I donated to the community women’s shelter.
I do some couponing and am able to stockpile on grocery and household items so every year we donate to local food drives , usually thru our childrens schools
donating to the local food bank
I personally donate to The Salvation Army.
At work I help organize & raise money for “AdoptAFamily” during the holiday.
Every Christmas we donate to the food bank and our local toy drive
We try to donate money, food and gifts every year. There are a lot of great things we can do, but those are ones we can do every year and ones that are easy to convince friends and family to par take in.
we always give to the food bank and santas anonomous every year
Good deed I did recently, donate a toy to a local Toy Drive.
We Give to Christmas and food drives
I just purchased food set for the food bank at Safeway today!
I look for opportunities to ‘pay it forward’ like sharing contest wins to those who need it, buying extra food for the food bank and passing on #warmwishes by smiling and saying ‘hello’ to people I pass on my walks. 🙂
my hubby’s grandmother is 91 and not doing well. we go to lunch several times a year but she isn’t able to go out right now so i am delivering lunch to her this week
We paid for someones order behind us in line
I live in an apartment builing and we always help the older ladies with things they need. Most recently we helped take one to the hospital for her glaucoma surgery and made sure she got home okay after and had all the things she needed while she was stuck at home
I just helped a friend to have a much needed and deserved night out, and DD13 is going to be volunteering when the CP Holiday Train rolls thru town!
My boys and I just did a shoebox together for Operation Christmas child.
We recently donated coats and toys.
We recently donated coats and toys.
I sent my friend who is going through a hard time some chocolates
I donate as much as I can to the local food bank, Salvation Army and I help out anyone I can with whatever I can…kindness counts 🙂
We donate any jackets or boots from last season if we are getting new ones
We always give to Santas anonymous
We donate to the food bank and volunteer at our local shelter.
Every year, we give new toys to a local charity in memory of my son Alexander. We don’t make it “Christmas related” because some kids don’t survive that long. I know that all too well as y son died 6 days before Christmas.
Thanks to Tim Hortons for giving.
Besos, Sarah
Journeys of The Zoo
We give to the food bank, volunteer at the food bank, elderly home and school. We try to give back any chance we get. Teaches the kids to be grateful for what they have.
We donate food to the food bank.
I helped my friend rake leaves
I donate to the food bank every month.
I believe that you “do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4so that your giving may be in secret”.
We donate to our local food bank when possible & to the annual toy drive. My DD’s save some of their allowance to buy gifts for this.
I donate food and litter montmonthly to the humane society
I’ve taken my son’s classmate’s father to the parts store as he was stuck at school pick up when his car battery died. It was a bit out of the way and I had to return him back to the school – but I could not leave him stranded. That was my most recent good deed.
My good deed ive done recently. I paid for the person behind me at the Tim Hortons drive thru.
I donated toys to the toy bank for children
We donate to Santa’s Anonymous and the food bank every holiday season.
Helping my son’s friend out by watching her kids while she goes to school.
We donate to the food bank and the Kids toys drive!
I have been coaching volleyball and hosting a dinner for high school students. Plus I love to bring people coffees who maybe cant afford them 🙂
We try to donate to the foodbank once a month but around Christmas we try to donate a little more to help those in need
we used to volunteer our time at the local mission every christmas eve.
I paid for the persons coffee behind me
We try to adopt a family every year.
My 10 year old son Evan, very self sufficient and a great help to Mom. Periodically I will designate a day, usually a Friday, and make it an “Evan Day”. On this Friday after elementary school, I will take him to Tim Horton’s for a donut, make his favorite meal and then make popcorn and enjoy a movie of his choice before lights out.
Eva Mitton-Urban
My good deed was giving bus change to someone
My son loves to go shopping for toys to give to the fire hall, he picks out all the stuff “boys really want momma”, then he uses some of his money to buy a special gift for an elderly person ay my grandmas nursing home.
We purchase gifts for little girls and boys (who we drew from a piece of paper hanging from a Christmas tree) and donate them
I actually just gave a pay it forward gift – brand new with tags – away in a facebook group yesterday.
My niece’s car broke down and Ive been carpooling her kids to and from school.
I love visiting the senior home with my family and bring them Christmas cheer
We make special treats for elderly people we know.
I came across something that I thought a friend might like, so I packed it up and sent it to her just as a little ‘just because’ gift.
We always try to have people over for Christmas dinner. We try to invite a family that might not have their own family around. We love having people over that we might not have otherwise had over.
I helped the neighbor shovel her driveway.
We always, every grocery shopping each week, buy items to give to Winnipeg Harvest.
we always donate some toys
we donate to the angel tree at christmas time
we donate food to our local food bank regularly
I’ve recently donated clothes to the Canadian Diabetic Clothesline
We always donate to kids and the animal shelter ! Part of holiday tradison #WarmWishes
we sponsor a local family with children and buy presents, food and things like socks,hats,scarves and they are given to that family at holiday time. We also donate to the local food bank and woman’s shelter each year.
Every year we donate to our local food bank
We contribute to our local foodbank to make other families’ holiday dinner, among other thing, a little brighter during the holidays.
We donate new toys to the cheerboard
Every Christmas we donate to the Food bank!
We put together a box for a family in need.
Every year we donate new unwrapped toys to the toy drive. This year I have quite a decent sized box of items to donate.
we always donate to the goodwill and toy drive
every snow day we help shovel neighbors driveaway and help get their car out
I donated funds in support of my friends’ mom who has alzheimer’s & is living in an assisted living facility.
A good deed I did recently was help my mom with grocery shopping on a snowy day.
We purchased non-perishable food to give to the food bank yesterday.
A few weeks ago the lady in front of me in line at the grocery store was a few dollars short to pay for her groceries. I paid the difference for her
Made extra chicken pot pies and delivered them to my 88 year old neighbour last night. She was so happy & appreciative. Love seeing her big smile!
Spending time with elderly neighbours.
We are filling a Samaritan’s Purse shoebox as a family, to send along with the ones being made up at my son’s school.
Every year we pack shoeboxes for Samaritans Purse. This year my kids saved their Happy Meal toys to put in the boxes, even my 2 year old! 🙂
I just babysat for a friend…Not sure if that’s a good deed since I thoroughly enjoyed it!lol
I enter contests all year. At Christmas I donate prizes I’ve won at Christmas time in memory of my grandson. He passed 2 years ago today.
I put together care packages and gift baskets to donate to my local womens shelters every winter. 🙂
I’ve purchased some toys to donate.
my good deed: providing free computer help to someone on facebook
We give every christmas toys to the toy parade and donate to the food bank
My good deed this year was donating new toys to children in need!
I helped someone out by giving them money for the parking meter
Our family has donated to the Upper Room (room that gives meals to the hungry)every year at Christmas. We try to do some Secret Santa deeds as well
I helped shovel neighbors driveways with all this snow lately.
I sporadically buy the coffee for the next person in the drive-thru.
I love to pay for the person behind me in the Timmies line! I try to do it at least once a week. I remember the first time someone paid for mine, it felt so nice!!
One good deed we do around the holidays is to bake some homemade cookies, bars, tarts and mini loaves. We then do up some care packages and deliver them to some seniors we know that don’t have family around.
I packed up lots of old coats, hats and mitts for a donation a friend of mine is doing for families in need. Every year we sponsor a family through my daughter’s school.
Two days ago, we donated over 10 coats to the homeless along with mittens, hats, and blankets.
I always give a gift of a toy to the Local Happy Tree every year and I donate a little wherever possible.
I volunteer with gift wrapping where proceeds go to charities
This year I am doing a destash of all the cosmetic samples I have accumulated and any products I have never used and using those to donate care packages to a local women’s shelter in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.
Every year we sponsor a family in need. We fulfill their hamper needs for a Christmas dinner and we also play santa to the kids in the family and fulfill christmas wish list as well.
Oh and my little bug helped me shop for the care packages tonight.. She wanted to get everyone stuff toys and frozen cups I thought it was really sweet
My group in global citizenship class (4of us) are making care packages for homeless youth. I was able to get donated items from women in the community, we each did some shopping and tomorrow we will put them together to be ready to deliver. There is a wonderful organization called Pauline’s place where are packages will be going (shelter for youth 16-21) we gathered mostly basic hygiene products but also some fun stuff and treats 🙂 I’m really excited to deliver them and hopefully they are enjoyed
I like to pay for the person behind me in the Timmie’s drive thru
Everyday I try to go out with a great attitude and no matter where I am or what I’m doing make sure I say please and thanks, and really just try to acknowledge what someone is doing for me.
I shoveled the neighbour’s driveway today
We always take a few angels from the angel tree at the kids school so that we can share with others.
My son K1 shoveled the sidewalks of 15 of our neighbours yesterday. He just did it on his own. Nobody asked him.
Tim’s holds a place close to our hearts! Two babes through the NICU both through roll up the rim ;).
A fellow preemie mom and I started Loved From Head to Toe to help Christmas be a bit more happy in the NICU. We have volunteers knit Santa Hats for the NICU’s across Ontario.
And tomorrow MiniMan and I will head to the toy store, and we’ll pick out some gifts that he would like, and then go drop them off at the tree of hope for little girls and boys who don’t have gifts under their tree this year.
We do everything we can to help those who aren’t as fortunate as us to have a speical season too, even if it’s just for a moment. 🙂