Sept. 30 is Orange Shirt Day, when we remember residential school survivors and their families, and it also marks the first time Canada will recognize National Day for Truth and Reconciliation as a statutory holiday.
To honour the occasion, Tim Hortons will offer a limited-edition fundraising doughnut from Sept. 30 through Oct. 6 at locations, SA国际影视传媒渁cross Canada, including in the Northwest Territories,SA国际影视传媒� according to a spokesperson.
All proceeds from the sale of the orange-sprinkled doughnuts will support Indigenous organizations that help residential school survivors, states a Sept. 27 news release.
The fundraising campaign was developed by a group of Indigenous Tim Hortons restaurant owners and Indigenous leaders in response to the discovery of 215 children buried on the grounds of a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C. in June.
Among them was Shane Gottfriedson, former TkSA国际影视传媒檈mlups te Secwepemc First Nation chief and former B.C. regional chief for the Assembly of First Nations.
Gottfriedson also co-owns a Tim Hortons restaurant located a short distance from the former Kamloops residential school.
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Landon Miller, another Tim Hortons owner who worked on the campaign, created his own orange doughnut fundraiser soon after the discovery in Kamloops.
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Sagkeeng First Nation in Manitoba members Sharon and Brian Bruyere also worked on the fundraiser.
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The fundraiser will benefit both the Orange Shirt Society and the Indian Residential School Survivors Society, which has been forced to adopt SA国际影视传媒渧irtual one-on-one supports SA国际影视传媒� including a 24-hour crisis line SA国际影视传媒� during the pandemic,SA国际影视传媒� stated the societySA国际影视传媒檚 executive director Angela White.
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The release notes more than 150,000 Indigenous children SA国际影视传媒� First Nations, Inuit and M茅tis SA国际影视传媒� were forced to attend residential school and the idea for Orange Shirt Day comes from Phyllis Webstad, who was stripped of her clothes, including her orange shirt, on her first day.
Webstad would go on to found the Orange Shirt Society, and the Every Child Matters movement.
SA国际影视传媒淭he truth and legacy of the residential school system are not only Indigenous history, they are Canadian history, that every Canadian should learn and know about. ISA国际影视传媒檓 humbled and honoured that my story is a vehicle for change across Canada,SA国际影视传媒� stated Webstad.
