Thursday, Quality Dining, the local Burger King franchisee announced the funding of $81,000 in Burger King continuing education scholarships for high school seniors and an additional $56,000 in scholarships for employees of Burger King including one scholarship in Plymouth. Since 2001, Quality Dining has funded over $2.4 million in continuing education scholarships.
Leticia Torres from Plymouth High School received the
2016 Plymouth Burger King® $1,000 Scholarship.
“We thank our guests for their continued support of our scholarship program,” says Gerald O. Fitzpatrick, Senior Vice President of the BURGER KING® Division at Quality Dining. “We extend our congratulations to all our 2016 scholarship recipients and wish them the best in their future endeavors.”
The BURGER KING McLamoresm Foundation scholarship program was designed to recognize students who maintain academic standards and are also involved in co-curricular and/or community service activities. Since 2000, the Foundation has granted more than $28.3 million in scholarships to more than 26,800 students.
