Building Industry Magazine - March 2012 - (Page 47)
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Kroc Center Hawaii
Located on 15 acres of land in Kapolei, the 200,000-square-foot Kroc Center Hawaii is the largest community center in the state. But it’s not just the size of the facility that makes it unusual — it’s what it offers the community. The impressive facility and its outreach encompass everything from sports activities and fitness training to a performing arts center, banquet and party areas, early education center — even a dormitory! At heart, it is the nurturing, family-oriented brainchild of Joan Kroc (widow of McDonald’s founder Ray Kroc), who created the first Kroc Center in 2002. Her immense gift to communities across the country upon her death the following year was $1.8 billion bequeathed to The Salvation Army to develop more such centers. Hawaii’s new Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Center Hawaii is the 17th of what eventually will grow to 27 Kroc Centers in the United States — a legacy that will be enjoyed for generations to come, and remembered forever.
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