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Topeka firm to build Kansas City Victory Junction Camp free
of charge
By: Randy Covitz
Kansas City Star
KANSAS City, KS (March 5) - KBS Constructors of Topeka announced on Tuesday
it will build a $1.5 million state-of-the-art medical facility free of
charge at the Victory Junction camp scheduled to open in Kansas City, Kan.,
in 2011.
KBS Constructors president Dan Foltz made the donation at a news conference
at Kansas Speedway.
The 7,800 square-foot medical facility -- called The Body Shop -- will
provide medical support and will house the medically advanced equipment for
the children and families who attend Victory Junction, a year-round,
nonprofit camp for children with chronic medical conditions.
The original Victory Junction camp was founded in Randleman, N.C., by NASCAR
driver Kyle Petty and his wife, Pattie, in honor of their son, Adam, who
died in a racing accident in 2000.
The camp in North Carolina opened in 2004, and the demand from families
across the country has exceeded the room there, and the Pettys decided to
build a $35 million facility on 71 acres in Wyandotte County.
“Victory Junction needs a medical clinic built, and KBS has the giving heart
to make that happen,” Foltz said. “We are confident that our specialized
experience in critical and sensitive environments makes KBS the right fit to
build The Body Shop. We are excited to make this dream come true for the
Pettys, Victory Junction and the thousands of children they will serve.”
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