Restoring healthy living
Michael Brito doesn’t want his community to suffer the effects of diabetes. As the director of operations at The Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center, he cares about his neighbors’ health. So when an article reported Solano County
Kroc Centers launch new website template
Unified look intends to strengthen Kroc Center brand By Angel Roy - It happens all the time—you call The Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center to sign up for a class, ask to speak to a specific staff member,
Salvationist couple on national Kroc Tour: Journal Two
Journal two By Bianca Pryor - Broderick and Bianca Pryor, Salvationists from Denver, departed Sept. 13 to spend the next year visiting 24 Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Centers across mainland U.S., starting in Omaha, Neb. Here, Bianca Pryor shares about
Kroc Center to the Rxcue
Medical director makes patient appointments in the gym Jeff Menter was sick. Just 36 years old, the Post Falls, Idaho, man suffered from heart disease, chronic pain, obesity and depression. Menter was sick, but maybe most of all, he was sick
Salvationist couple one month into national Kroc Tour
By Bianca Pryor - Broderick and Bianca Pryor, Salvationists from Denver, departed Sept. 13 to spend the next year visiting 24 Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Centers across mainland U.S., starting in Omaha, Neb. Here, Bianca Pryor shares about the
Suisun Kroc Center gives kids platform to explore science
Effort part of new Kroc University program The Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center in Suisun City, Calif., recently hosted its first-ever science fair, free for all Kroc Kids who participated in any 2014-15 school program. Teens, after
Suisun Kroc’s giant Monopoly board breaks record
Record attempt draws an estimated 2,000 By Sydney Fong - The Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center in Suisun City, Calif., wanted to celebrate its third annual KrocFest in a big way—literally. Staff and volunteers came together on May 30
National study reveals impact of Kroc Centers
Researchers quantify annual positive social and economic impact of centers of over $250 million Eleven years after Joan Kroc’s historic $1.5 billion bequest to The Salvation Army, 26 Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Centers are now open across the country.
Gaming group teaches Bible, sportsmanship
San Diego Kroc Center brings teens in with weekly video game tournament. The San Diego (Calif.) Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center launched a video game outreach group for teens early this year. Aliex Kofoed, corps program assistant, developed the idea
San Francisco Kroc Center enrollment up 32 percent
By Vivian Gatica - The Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Center in San Francisco increased its monthly membership by over 32 percent this year. According to Golden State divisional statistics, 754 children attended youth programs each month at the Kroc Center
Salem’s ‘Tools for School’ serves city and county students
The Salvation Army takes its back-to-school campaign out of the city into rural communities. The Salvation Army in Salem, Ore., held its annual Tools for School distribution August 21 at the local Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center, August 13
Suisun Kroc Center awarded local ‘Business of the Year’
By Sydney Fong - The Kroc Center in Suisun City received the "Business of the Year––Suisun City" award from the Fairfield-Suisun Chamber of Commerce during the Buzz Awards event on June 20. The award was given based on the tallied votes from