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Real Estate/Development

Feb. 10, 2004

From Happy Meals to Olympic Trials

BY CHRIS TOLLES CREJ News Assistant Along with "Billions served," the McDonald's sign might also read "Billions donated." Joan Kroc, heiress of the McDonald's restaurant fortune who died in October, donated $1.5 billion to the Salvation Army for the construction of community centers throughout the nation, according to media reports.

BY CHRIS TOLLES
CREJ News Assistant

Along with "Billions served," the McDonald's sign might also read "Billions donated."

Joan Kroc, heiress of the McDonald's restaurant fortune who died in October, donated $1.5 billion to the Salvation Army for the construction of community centers throughout the nation, according to media reports.

The Salvation Army plans to split Kroc's donation among its four territories - Atlanta, Chicago, Long Beach a...

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