To celebrate the love of the game,
Tim Hortons launches new
TIMBITS® Talks YouTube series featuring Toronto FC
player, Jonathan Osorio
OAKVILLE, ON, June 15, 2016 /CNW/ - Some are learning a new
sport. Many are making new friends. Everyone is encouraged to have
fun. More than 230,000 kids across Canada have put on their jerseys
and are participating in Timbits Soccer, a community-oriented
program that provides opportunities for kids aged four to nine to
play house league soccer.
"Making a positive impact in the communities where Tim Hortons restaurants are located continues to
be a top priority for us," says David
Clanachan, President and COO, Tim
Hortons Canada, and soccer enthusiast. "We launched the
Timbits Minor Sports Program in 1982, and because of our dedicated
Restaurant Owners, soccer club representatives, and parents and
participants, this program continues to grow each and every year.
The goal of all our minor sports programs is having fun, and
encouraging activity for youth both mentally and physically. We
want to wish every player a great season this year!"
To celebrate the season and welcome this year's Timbits Soccer
players, Tim Hortons launched today
a new YouTube video series called TIMBITS® Talks, featuring
conversations between Timbits Minor Sports Program participants and
professional athletes. The first video debuts today on Tim Hortons' YouTube Channel,
YouTube.com/timhortons, and features Toronto-born, Toronto FC midfielder
Jonathan Osorio with Timbits Soccer
player Ben, sharing their passion for soccer.
"I started playing soccer when I was three years old in my home
town of Toronto," says
Jonathan Osorio, Midfielder, Toronto
FC. "My favourite thing about playing minor soccer was having
orange slices at halftime, and the most important lesson I learned
on the field was to always have fun. There's no doubt that playing
soccer at a young age helped fuel my passion and helped lead me to
become a professional. My advice to kids who are playing today is
to practice hard every day, and enjoy every minute of playing the
game we love."
Tim Hortons is a proud supporter
of youth soccer in Canada. Since
2007, more than 1.9 million children have participated in the
Timbits Soccer program, and in 2016 alone, Timbits Soccer will
provide more than 2.8 million hours of extracurricular activity.
Programs like Timbits Soccer help to ensure soccer is alive and
kicking in communities across the country, so that kids can
continue to benefit from the physical skills the game develops and
the positive social interactions it encourages.
"A few years ago our minor soccer league closed, leaving the
kids in our community without a way to play organized soccer," says
Judy Vanderveer, Community
Recreation Coordinator, Town of Gravenhurst. "We reached out
to Tim Hortons, and thanks to its
generous support, we were able to bring our soccer program back.
We're in our second year of the program and we have more than 150
kids registered. It's amazing to see the kids having fun and being
active. We wouldn't have soccer in Gravenhurst without Tim Hortons."
Every Timbits Soccer player receives a jersey, socks, soccer
ball and participant medal. For more information about the Timbits
Minor Sports Programs, visit timhortons.com or contact your local
Soccer Club.
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Timbits Minor Sports Program Overview
The Timbits
Minor Sports Program began in 1982 and is a community-oriented
sponsorship program that provides opportunities for kids aged four
to nine to play house league sports. The philosophy of the program
is based on learning a new sport, making new friends, and just
being a kid, with the first goal of all Timbits Minor Sports
Programs being to have fun. Over the last 10 years, Tim Hortons has invested more than $38 million in Timbits Minor Sports (including
Hockey, Soccer, Baseball and more), which has provided sponsorship
to more than three million children across Canada, and more than 50
million hours of extracurricular activity. In 2016 alone,
Tim Hortons will invest $7 million in Timbits Minor Sports in
Canada to sponsor 356,000
children.
About TIM
HORTONS®
TIM
HORTONS®, part of Restaurant Brands
International, is one of North
America's largest restaurant chains operating in the quick
service segment. Founded as a single location in Canada in 1964, TIM
HORTONS® appeals to a broad range of consumer
tastes, with a menu that includes premium coffee, hot and cold
specialty drinks (including lattes, cappuccinos and espresso
shots), specialty teas and fruit smoothies, fresh baked goods,
grilled Panini and classic sandwiches, wraps, soups, prepared foods
and other food products. As of March 31,
2016, TIM HORTONS®
had more than 4,400 system wide restaurants located in Canada, the United
States and the Middle East.
More information about the Company is available at
www.timhortons.com.
About Restaurant Brands International
Restaurant
Brands International Inc. is one of the world's largest quick
service restaurant companies with approximately $23 billion in system sales and over 19,000
restaurants in approximately 100 countries and U.S. territories.
Restaurant Brands International owns two of the world's most
prominent and iconic quick service restaurant brands – TIM HORTONS®
and BURGER KING®. These independently operated brands have been
serving their respective guests, franchisees, and communities for
over 50 years. To learn more about Restaurant Brands International,
please visit the Company's website at www.rbi.com.
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