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Jon Bon Jovi and his wife Dorothea opened their first social restaurant “JBJ Soul Kitchen” 15 years ago. Media called him the “American Frank Zander”. The West Berlin mood singer also donates festive dinner for the homeless in the Christmas season.
The Bon-Jovi model works all year round as a “community restaurant”. Poor guests pay little to nothing for their food. The more learned customers, on the other hand, are encouraged to shell out a little more. If the overall balance is wrong, a donor association jumps into the breach under the patronage of the rock star.
Now Daniel Rodrick, the Republican Mayor of Toms River, is shooting. The head of the community, which is not far from Springsteens Ashbury Park, would like to close the JBJ branch in the Ocean County Library as soon as possible. In his opinion, the location that combines education and meals has developed into a “Pennertreff”.
“It is not a soup kitchen”
“If you want to convert this place to a homeless shelter, just exhibit a check for everyone or give you a gift voucher for barnes and noble,” he said. The JBJ website recorded a total of four addresses, in addition to the two traditional houses also the pop-up rests in the university rooms
It was only in March that JBJ Soul Kitchen was able to announce an important milestone: over 200,000 meals were spent in all branches.
That interests Mayor Rodrick Little, in an interview with “NJ Advance Media”, he said: “I definitely want it to disappear. We don’t believe that this library combination is a good place. The problem was never the original Bon-Jovi restaurant itself. It was the Ocean County Board of Commissioners who got involved with these non-profit organizations.”
The chairman Robert Arace responsible for the Ocean County district replied: “According to our documents, the number of people without an apartment has not increased in this area. It is not a soup kitchen”.
Rodrick’s stanc over the foundation’s pop-up rest of the foundation stands in the context of a permanent dispute with the Ocean County about the homeless in the city center of Toms River.
In an email position, Jon and Dorothea Bon Jovi cannot be carried out directly in this two: “The JBJ Soul Foundation and the JBJ Soul Kitchen are committed to ending the homelessness through real solutions. With our JBJ Soul Kitchen, we bring people in contact with resources and services. No matter whether they need a job, psychological support or accommodation To remove obstacles that prevent them from living and not just survive. ”
Jon Bon Jovi, who continues to recover from his larynx surgery, announced the new anthology “Bon Jovi: Forever”, which was limited to 1,500 copies. It contains on 264 pages over 1300 reproses of handwritten texts, tour passes and posters, iconic stage costumes, guitars, studio tracking lists and personal snapshots.