Reading Burger King Supports Pediatric Cancer Research and Care at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

The following was submitted by the Jimmy Fund:

 guests can help fight childhood cancers from May 28 through July 1 by donating $1 to the Jimmy Fund through the A Chance for Kids program at participating Burger King restaurants in six New England states. With each contribution, restaurant guests will receive a promotion card guaranteed to be a winner, with prizes ranging from all-inclusive resort vacations and airline tickets, to theme park admissions and Burger King food. Local Burger King restaurant participating:

• BURGER KING at 357 Main Street, Reading

Through the A Chance for Kids program, more than 600 franchise and company-owned Burger King restaurants set a goal to raise $1.2 million for pediatric cancer research and care at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. “The Burger King family around the world is dedicated to making a difference in the communities in which we work and live,” said Jim Froio, Burger King franchisee. “Cancer touches so many lives and A Chance for Kids helps support the fine work done at Dana Farber ridding the world of pediatric cancer. We are happy to continue our support of this program and look forward to supporting it in the future.” In the last 12 years, participating Burger King restaurants have raised $10.3 million for pediatric cancer research and care at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute through A Chance for Kids.

This year, the Burger King restaurants in New England that will participate in the campaign include: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. A Chance for Kids supports the many young cancer patients who are treated at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s Jimmy Fund Clinic. The lifesaving research conducted at Dana-Farber will ultimately help pediatric cancer patients from around the world. 

“For the past 12 years, Burger King employees and their restaurant guests have been an invaluable partner in our fight against pediatric cancers,” said Suzanne Fountain, director of the Jimmy Fund. For more information about the Jimmy Fund or A Chance for Kids, including official rules and an alternate method of entry, visit a participating Burger King restaurant, visit the Jimmy Fund's website, or call the Jimmy Fund at 617-582-9675.