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In 1998, Joan Kroc donated $87 million (equivalent to $163 million in 2023) to the Salvation Army to build and endow the first Kroc Center in San Diego, California, on what was an abandoned grocery store and other empty land. The center opened in June 2002. Currently, it is home to the American Basketball Association's San Diego Wildcats.
Several institutions in the San Diego area are named after her, including the think tank Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice [12] [13] and the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies- the world's top peace institution- at the University of San Diego, the St. Vincent de Paul Joan Kroc Center for the Homeless (Part of Father Joe's Villages ...
Sorrento Valley, San Diego, CA, USA - panoramio. El Camino Memorial Park is a cemetery in the Sorrento Valley neighborhood of San Diego, California. Founded in 1960, [1] it is a 220-acre (0.89 km 2) property. The cemetery is noted for being the final resting site for Jonas Salk as well as several members of the well-known Kroc family. [2] [3]
When she died in 2003, Joan Kroc stunned the Salvation Army when she left what amounted to $1.8 billion — roughly half her fortune —with instructions to carry out her wish for the centers.
The San Diego Union said Kroc was "above all, a fan of his team". [27] On April 9, 1974, while the Padres were on the brink of losing a 9–5 decision to the Houston Astros in the season opener at San Diego Stadium, Kroc took the public address microphone in front of 39,083 fans. "I've never seen such stupid ballplaying in my life," he said.
The Ray and Joan Kroc Center is under construction and scheduled to open spring of 2012. Gifts to endow programs and services as well as naming opportunities can be made by contacting The Salvation Army Metropolitan Division, Sr. Gift Advisor 773-205-3546 Detroit, MI: Duluth, MI: 40 million Grand Rapids, MI: 30 million 2009 Green Bay, WI: Omaha, NE
In 1987, the organization opened the Joan Kroc Center which provided childcare, housing, job training, meals, and a medical clinic; this was followed by two other centers in 1989, and 1994. [20] In 1991 the organization became a separate organization independent of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego. [ 19 ]
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