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City of Long Beach selected as site of Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center

The Salvation Army USA Western Territory announced today that the city of Long Beach was selected as the site of a new 19-acre Salvation Army Ray and Joan KROC Corps Community Center. It will be located at the corner of PCH and Walnut, across the street from Long Beach City College and is one of six Centers in the Western Territory that will be built to provide family support, educational, recreational and cultural arts activities for members of the community. The other cities selected for KROC Centers include: Coeur d’Alene, Idaho; Honolulu, Hawaii; Phoenix-South Mountain, Arizona; Salem, Oregon; and San Francisco – Tenderloin, California.

In 2004, Mrs. Joan Kroc, widow of McDonald’s founder Ray Kroc, gave The Salvation Army an estate gift in excess of $1.5 billion for the exclusive purpose of building KROC Centers in many communities across the United States. None of the gift can be used for existing programs, services or administrative costs. The Long Beach facility is set to break ground in 2007 and open in 2009. Mrs. Kroc believed in community collaboration and wanted The Salvation Army to work with the communities selected and involve them in fund-raising additional money for construction and operating dollars.

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The Salvation Army Long Beach Citadel Corps has served the community since 1906. It is a warm and friendly place. An excellent relationship exists between the Corps and the local Adult Rehabilitation Center. They have an active Corps Council and are proud of the "blended ministry" that the Corps offers : Youth, Traditional, Contemporary, Recovery, Latino, Community.The Corps is focusing on growth in programs. To accomplish this, they have:

OUR VISION:

Introduced creative ministries into Sunday School, including drama, guitar, Devotions-In-Motion, Brass Band, Timbrels, and Gospel Magic. The children and adults are learning new ways of worship.

A mix of traditional music, contemporary music, brass band, praise & worship band and other special music to enhance the Holiness Meeting.

Emphasis on Prayer through a new program based on the book "Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire" The group meets for a minimum of 1.5 hours of uninterrupted prayer per week.

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