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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.
In 2003, Joan Kroc, wife of McDonald's founder Ray Kroc, died, and entrusted to The Salvation Army the largest gift ever given to a private charity, for the express purpose of building and endowing Kroc Centers, envisioned as state-of-the-art recreational and arts facilities in under-served communities throughout the nation. [3]
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 ...
Performances are Friday May 13 at 7 p.m., Saturday May 14 at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m., and Sunday May 15 at 3 p.m. Salvation Army Ashland Kroc Center’s Kroc Kids Community Theatre will perform 'Annie ...
30 May 2024 Yemen strikes. The death toll from yesterday's U.S. Navy and British Navy airstrikes in Yemen increases to 16 with 35 others injured. The Houthi Supreme Political Council states that it launched an attack on the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower, although American officials deny this claim. (The Independent) Sudanese civil war. Battle of ...
The San Diego International Fringe Festival is a non-profit fringe theatre festival project of conTACT ARTS, in association with the Actors Alliance of San Diego, designed to help provide a platform for artists while also helping the community as a whole - boosting arts and culture within San Diego.
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]
La Jolla Playhouse was founded in 1947 by Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, and Mel Ferrer. [1] [2] [3] In 1983, it was revived under the leadership of Des McAnuff.Since then, the Playhouse's repertoire has included 108 world premieres, thirty-two West Coast premieres, and eight American premieres, and has won more than three hundred honors, including the 1993 Tony Award as America's Outstanding ...