KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) is pleased to announce that today, TOMS King Services BURGER KING® franchisee’s Chief Operating Officer Erin Hasselgren traveled to Salem, Ohio, to present VFW Post 892 and District 6 Commander Douglas Brannon with a $75,000 donation to the VFW Unmet Needs program.
The donation, raised by 125 BURGER KING® franchise locations during their month-long July 2022 fundraising campaign, will help support military and veteran families experiencing financial difficulties. To date, TOMS King Services has raised more than $370,000 for the VFW Unmet Needs program.
“We’ve supported the VFW’s Unmet Needs program for many years, and are honored to help in any way we can to support the needs of our treasured veterans and military families,” said TOMS King Services Erin Hasselgren. “We can’t possibly do enough for these great men and women.”
The VFW Unmet Needs program provides financial grants of up to $1,500 to military and veteran families facing financial difficulties directly related to their military service. To date, the program has provided more than $12 million in financial grants. To find out more about the program or to apply, visit vfw.org/UnmetNeeds.
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ABOUT TOMS King Services: TOMS King Services owns and operates over 125 BURGER KING® restaurants across Illinois, Ohio, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Virginia, with more than 3,000 team members, and has grown to become one of the largest BURGER KING® franchisees in North America. Visit https://www.tomsking.com.