On Thursday, August 25th, $1 from every Teen Burger® sold at A&W restaurants across Canada will be donated to the MS Society of Canada. #BurgerstoBeatMS

Supporters can also donate through rounding up their bill at the register, purchasing $2 paper cutouts, placing cash in in-store donation mugs, and through other local restaurant fundraising initiatives.

Beginning on August 18th, A&W will also donate $1 to the MS Society for every share on Facebook (up to $20,000) of the Burgers to Beat MS online video, featuring A&W spokesperson (and brand personality) Allen. This video will be available on A&W’s Facebook page.

860 A&W restaurants across Canada will host Burgers to Beat MS events with great food, music, games, and activities – uniting Canadians from coast to coast to support a great cause.

A&W and its customers have raised more than $8 million for the MS Society of Canada since 2009. Last year, $1.6 million was raised and A&W hopes to build on this success and raise even more for this important cause in 2016.

A&W is a leader in the Canadian burger industry, serving beef raised without the use of steroids or hormones, chicken raised without the use of antibiotics, eggs from hens fed a vegetarian diet without animal by-products, and pork raised without the use of antibiotics.

Canada has the highest rate of multiple sclerosis in the world. MS is a neurological disease that affects the central nervous system.

1 in 340 Canadians lives with MS.

MS is most commonly diagnosed in young adults aged 15 – 40, but children as young as 2 years old have been diagnosed with MS.

Women are three times more likely to be diagnosed with MS than men.

Funds raised by A&W’s Burgers to Beat MS campaign enable the MS Society to

Fund research to find a cure and give hope to Canadians affected by MS

Fund research to develop treatments to improve quality of life;

Push for better support of caregivers;

Provide wheelchairs or other special equipment