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Upon her death in 2003, Kroc bequeathed $1.5 billion (equivalent to $3 billion in 2023) to The Salvation Army solely for the purpose of establishing centers of opportunity, education, recreation and inspiration throughout the United States to be known as "Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Centers".
Belfast was founded in 1834, and named after Belfast, in Northern Ireland. [2] The post office was first established under the name Bell [2] in 1845, the name was changed to Belfast in 1910, and the post office closed in 1944. [3]
After her death in 2003, it was announced that Kroc had left the majority of her estate to the Salvation Army for the purpose of building recreation centers all across the nation. Another of her major donations was $225 million to National Public Radio (NPR) [18] [19] including $5 million to her local public radio station, San Diego's KPBS. [19]
Ohio members of the Grand Army of the Republic took up that challenge, and, through a donation of 100 acres by a Xenia farmer, created the Ohio Soldiers' and Sailors' Orphans' Home. This institution was the predecessor of the Ohio Veterans' Children's Home. In 1870, the State of Ohio assumed control of the home.
Operated by The Salvation Army, CBH has been serving battered women and their children since 1976. Catherine Booth Child Development Center is a preschool located in Cincinnati, Ohio. Statues of each of the Booths by George Edward Wade were erected on Champion Hill, next to the Salvation Army's training college in London in 1929. [11] [12]
Belfast is a former town in Licking County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. [1] History. By 1917, Belfast was described as "virtually extinct". [2] References This ...
The community was named after Belfast, Northern Ireland, the native land of a share of the first settlers. A post office called Belfast was established in 1840, and remained in operation until 1907. [2] Besides the post office, Belfast had a country store. [3] Its current mailing address for the area is for Goshen, Ohio 45122.
This area is home to a police station, one of the two covering the North Belfast policing district. [12] York Road also includes a number of places of worship both on the road and off the side streets. These include a The Salvation Army mission, the Alexandra Presbyterian Church, Jennymount Methodist Church and the York Road Baptist Community.