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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.
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.
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 ...
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In 2002, the Salvation Army's Ray and Joan Kroc Community Center opened its doors to the public. Singer Tony Bennett and children's entertainer Fred Rogers attended the opening. [ 7 ]
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The movie Pride, released three years earlier, may have helped focus attention on Ellis's program, as the inclusion of a state-of-the-art swimming pool in the Kroc Center would become a boon for Ellis's swim club. [21] Since late 2010, Ellis has remained the coach of the Salvation Army Kroc Aquatics (SAKA) program located in the Kroc Center.
Campbell Soup Company Donates $500,000 to the Salvation Army Kroc Center in Camden Donation will fund Campbell Healthy Community Kitchen and support nutrition education at new community center ...