BURGER KING® FRANCHISE OWNERS SURPASS $2 MILLION DONATION MARK TO VFW
Last year marked the sixth year Burger King® Franchise Owned Restaurants joined together with the VFW Foundation
February 11, 2013
Kansas City,
MO: The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is pleased to announce that Burger King®
has surpassed $2 million in donations to VFW’s Unmet Needs program. Last year marked the sixth consecutive year participating
Burger King® Franchise Owned Restaurants across the United States joined
together with the VFW Foundation to raise funds for the program.
Created in
2004, VFW’s Unmet Needs program provides emergency financial assistance to
veterans, service members and military families to assist with the cost of
basic life necessities such as rent, mortgage, utilities, vehicle repair,
medical expenses or food. Funds are available to all five branches of the
military, as well as members of the National Guard and Reserves. The assistance
is awarded in the form of a grant, not a loan, so recipients are not required
to repay it.
Burger King®
customers were encouraged to give $1 or more toward the Unmet Needs program when
they purchased their food.
“Burger King® Franchise Restaurant Owners are incredibly
proud that our fundraising efforts for U.S. troops and their families have now
surpassed the $2 million mark,” said Mike DeRosa, a Burger King® franchise owner, VFW
Foundation Board member and spokesperson for the group. “Our loyal
Burger King® customers
believe as we do, that U.S. military families deserve this assistance, and they
want to ensure that military service personnel will never feel forgotten in
their time of need. After all, these brave men and women, often far from home
and those they love, have frequently personally sacrificed so much for America!”
“We are
extremely grateful to Burger King® Franchise Owners for supporting our Unmet
Needs program and congratulate them on reaching this incredible donation
benchmark,” said VFW Foundation President, Allen “Gunner” Kent. “It’s through
the participation of great businesses like Burger King® Franchise Owned
Restaurants and their patriotic customers that we are able to provide such
great assistance to those who deserve it most.”
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