Today, Quality Dining Inc., local Burger King^® franchisee, announces the funding of $110,000 in Burger King^® continuing education scholarships for high school seniors and $30,000 in scholarships for their Burger King^® employees. It includes 39 scholarships of $1,000 each and one scholarship of $5,000 in South Bend/Southwest Michigan. Since 2001, Quality Dining has funded over $1.95 million in continuing education scholarships in partnership with the BURGER KING McLamore^sm Foundation.

 2014 Burger King^® Area High School Scholarship recipients include:

• Ashlyn Vitoux, Warsaw Community High School
• Branton Leazenby, Plymouth High School
• Claire Schmidt, Bremen Senior High School
• Danielle Erickson, Plymouth High School
• Taylor Fielstra, Northwood High School

“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 2014 scholarship recipients and wish them the best in their future endeavors.”

The Burger King McLamore^sm 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 $22.6 million in scholarships to more than 20,000 students.