Jon Bon Jovi Empowers Those in Need

AWARD SIMPLE TIME FIGHT ACCORDING  Foundation STATE COMMUNITY REGARDLESS PAY LOOK JERSEY NAPKINS

   Behind the music, Grammy ___-winning entertainer Jon Bon ___ is on a mission ___ feed and empower those ___ need. His strategy is ___: “One soul at a ___.”

   With his non-profit Jon ___ Jovi Soul Foundation, based ___ Philadelphia, the artist is ___ poverty with direct action. ___ to the nonprofit’s website, ___ Jon Bon Jovi Soul ___ has helped provide more ___ 500 affordable homes to ___ in need across 10 ___. Bon Jovi also founded ___ JBJ Soul Kitchen, a ___ restaurant that serves everyone ___ of their ability to ___. At a glance, it ___ like a trendy New ___ restaurant. There are linen ___, fresh flowers at each place setting and a farm-to-table menu. But each meal offers one essential ingredient: hope.

   “The key to our success is empowering the individual,” Bon Jovi says. “We have created what we now call a pay it forward model.” In-need customers volunteer their time assisting with day-to-day restaurant tasks, which pays for their own meal as well as the bill for their family. Also, paying customers are requested to buy a pay it forward card. You do not only pay for your meal, but also the one next to you, Bon Jovi says. For restaurant volunteer Moe Keane, it is this principle that makes the JBJ Soul Kitchen one of her preferred ways to give back. “You don’t know if someone is dining here because they are in need, that’s what’s nice about it. Everyone is treated the same.”

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