VFW FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES 2012 BURGER KING® FRANCHISEE OWNERS UNMET NEEDS FUNDRAISER
'We look forward to 2012 as being the most successful year yet'
October 31, 2012
For the sixth
consecutive year, the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Foundation has joined together
with participating Burger King® Franchisee Owned Restaurants across the United
States to raise funds throughout the month of November for the VFW Unmet Needs
program. Burger King® customers are encouraged to give $1 or more toward Unmet
Needs when they purchase their food. Since 2007, over 1,200 Burger King® Franchisee
Owned Restaurants have demonstrated their incredible concern for U.S. troops
and their families by donating over $1.7 million in support of the program.
Begun in 2004, Unmet Needs has provided approximately $4.4
million dollars in financial assistance to over 3,000 deserving military
families. Need must be related to financial hardships not civil, personal,
legal or domestic situations. The program assists with basic life necessities
such as rent, mortgage, utilities, vehicle repair, medical expenses or
food/basic assistance. Funds are available to all five branches of the
military, as well as members of the National Guard and Reserves. Assistance is
awarded in the form of a grant, not a loan, so recipients aren't required to
repay.
“Burger King® Franchisee
Owned Restaurants are proud to support America’s military families and we
appreciate the compassion of all of our great customers in assisting those who
have sacrificed so much for our country,” said Burger King® Franchisee Owner and VFW
Foundation Board Member Mike DeRosa. “We look forward to 2012 as being the most
successful year yet.”
“Burger
King® Franchisees Owners continue to do wonderful and unselfish work for
America’s military families,” said VFW Foundation Director John Lowe. “The VFW
Unmet Needs program helps military families in their greatest time of urgent financial
need, and it is through the support of great companies such as Burger King®
Franchisee Owners and their fantastic patriotic customers, that we are able to
provide such great assistance.”
Click
here for a list of participating Burger King® Restaurants.
About Veterans of Foreign Wars Foundation:
The Veterans
of Foreign Wars Foundation is the official charity of the Veterans of Foreign
Wars of the United States (VFW), America’s oldest and largest organization for
combat veterans. Our mission is to support
programs and services that secure, manage and distribute resources to improve
the lives of veterans, military service personnel, their families and the
communities where they live. This outreach includes (besides Unmet Needs), free regular phone calls for U.S. troops overseas
such as those serving in Afghanistan, morale boosting “welcome home,”
“send-off” and VIP treatment at sporting and entertainment events for military
units and help for veterans in their often difficult VA entitlement cases for injuries
incurred while in active duty. These programs and services are provided at no
cost to the recipients and no VFW membership is required. The VFW Foundation is
one of the nation’s highest rated 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations. For more
information, please visit www.vfwfoundation.org.
For more information about Burger King® Franchisee
Owned Restaurants, please visit www.bk.com.
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