Salvation Army astounded by $1.5 billion Kroc gift

From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | Date: January 21, 2004| Author: STEPHANIE STROM | Copyright information

Salvation Army astounded by $1.5 billion Kroc gift

Record donation aims to fund community centers

By STEPHANIE STROM New York Times

Wednesday, January 21, 2004

The Salvation Army, a charity best known for using bells and kettles to collect spare nickels and dimes at Christmastime, said Tuesday that Joan B. Kroc, the wife of the builder of the McDonald's fast-food restaurants, had left it roughly $1.5 billion in her will when she died in October.

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