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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.
Having seen Shawn as something of an "older brother," the 38-year-old Doe had first met Grate in the summer of 2016 at the Ashland Salvation Army Ray & Joan Kroc Corps Community Center. There they would share lunch and go on long walks, frequently discussing the Bible and occasionally playing tennis at Brookside Park in Ashland.
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.
Joan Beverly Kroc (née Mansfield, previously Smith; August 27, 1928 – October 12, 2003), also known as Joni, [1] was an American philanthropist and third wife of McDonald's CEO Ray Kroc. Early life
On May 7, a groundbreaking ceremony was held on the Davy McClure Outdoor Education Center with a completion date of later this fall. The center will be located at Tom Kruse Park, which is 80 acres ...
Mar. 1—ASHLAND — The dream of a conference center arriving to downtown Ashland moved closer to reality following an approval by commissioners for the city to begin contract negotiations on ...
Ashland County Community Foundation approved 33 grants totaling about $357,340. Causes to benefit from the money range from building improvements for nonprofit organizations to children’s ...
It opened under the aegis of his franchising company McDonald's Systems, Inc., which became McDonald's Corporation after Kroc purchased the McDonald brothers' stake in the firm. Kroc's restaurant was the first McDonald's built in a colder climate, and some adaptations were made to the design, including a basement with a furnace.