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TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE DAY, THE BURGER KING® BRAND KING IS BREAKING HIS SILENCE

April 12, 2016

MIAMI – April 12, 2016 – The King has never been a man of many words. To date, the BURGER KING® brand icon has walked prize-fighters into high-profile boxing bouts and has sat alongside prize-horse-owners in the winner’s box at the world’s most prestigious equestrian event. But despite the public repeatedly asking the King to simply say something, he hasn’t made a peep. Until now.
 
With approximately 1,000,000* people in the United States of America that are functionally Deaf, the King is breaking his “silence” to raise awareness and chat it up with the American Sign Language community; using ASL of course. Friday, April 15th is the 199-year anniversary of “National American Sign Language Day”; a day of observance celebrating American Sign Language.** The King will bring speakers and non-speakers of ASL together and will give fans the opportunity to help create the “official sign for the WHOPPER® sandwich.”
 
“The BURGER KING® brand is built not only on including everyone, but celebrating everyone,” said Fernando Machado, senior vice president of global brand management, BURGER KING® brand. “National ASL Day felt like a perfect opportunity for the King to extend our brand mantra and engage with the ASL community on such a great day.”
 
As part of the initiative, BURGER KING® restaurants will release a poignant online film. The BURGER KING McLAMORESM Foundation will also make a scholarship donation benefiting deserving students dedicating their studies to ASL language and interpretations.
 
To watch the video, visit www.youtube.com/BurgerKing and join the conversation by tweeting #WhopperSign to @BurgerKing on Twitter.
 
http://jdsde.oxfordjournals.org/content/11/1/112.full
** http://www.aslday.org/
 

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