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PHOTOS: Red Wings Alumni Visit Troy Tim Hortons for 'Camp Day' Fundraiser

Proceeds from the fundraiser will be used to send local kids to summer camp.

 
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From left: Former professional hockey players Phil Myre, Jason Woolley and Eddie Mio pose at Tim Hortons on Rochester Road in Troy during the restaurant's "Camp Day" fundraiser Wednesday morning.
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Maureen Finnigan, owner of Tim Hortons on Rochester Road in Troy, waits as former Red Wings goalie Eddie Mio signs an autograph. Finnigan, a Boys and Girls Club of Troy board member, hosts "Camp Day" at her restaurant each year in order to raise money to send local kids to summer camps through Tim Hortons.
From left: Former professional hockey players Phil Myre, Jason Woolley and Eddie Mio pose at Tim Hortons on Rochester Road in Troy during the restaurant's "Camp Day" fundraiser Wednesday morning.
Seven-year-old Grace Grabowski decorates a doughnut Wednesday morning during a fundraiser at Tim Hortons on Rochester Road.
Mayor Pro Tem Maureen McGinnis, left, waits for former Red Wings goalie Eddie Mio to sign an autograph Wednesday morning at Tim Hortons on Rochester Road in Troy. McGinnis participated as a celebrity coffee server to help raise money to send local kids to summer camp through the Tim Hortons Foundation.
Former Red Wings goalie Eddie Mio signs autographs Wednesday morning at Tim Hortons on Rochester Road in Troy. Mio participated in "Camp Day" at the restaurant, helping to raise money to send local kids to summer camp through the Tim Hortons Foundation.
Troy City Councilman Dane Slater, left, serves coffee with Boys and Girls Club of Troy Executive Director Jeff Evans.

Several Red Wings alumni and former professional hockey players were on hand Wednesday morning for "Camp Day" at Tim Hortons on Rochester Road in Troy, where franchise owner Maureen Finnigan and local celebrity servers worked hard to raise money throughout the morning.

"We do this every year," Finnigan said. "We send local, deserving children to summer camp."

Finnigan said she is donating 100 percent of coffee sales and all donations received Wednesday morning to the Tim Hortons Children's Foundation, which will work in partnership with the Boys and Girls Club of Troy to send local kids to summer camp at one of the foundation's six camps, located in Canada and the U.S.

Red Wings alumni Eddie Mio and Jason Woolley, along with former professional hockey player Phil Myre, attended the event. Local celebrity coffee servers included Director of Community Affairs Cindy Stewart, City Manager Mike Culpepper, Mayor Pro Tem Maureen McGinnis, Councilman Dane Slater, former Mayor Pro Tem Mary Kerwin and Boys and Girls Club of Troy Executive Director Jeff Evans.

"Hooper" from the Pistons was in early Wednesday morning, and Fresh 100.3 also supported the event.

"Hockey players are always looking to do things for charity," Mio said. "Tim Hortons does a great job. It's about giving kids an opportunity to go to camp."

"We are pleased so many people came out to support Camp Day," Kerwin said. "This helps make Troy a stronger community."

Both Kerwin and Evans agreed that, without Finnigan, the Boys and Girls Club of Troy would not have the opportunity to send some of its deserving children to summer camp each year.

"She's seen the difference this makes in her own family," Kerwin said.

"We want to be a big supporter of Maureen (Finnigan)," Evans said. "(Camp Day) is very near and dear to us, and it's a great opportunity for our kids."

Related Topics: Camp Day, Detroit Red Wings, Eddie Mio, Red Wings, and Tim Horton's
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