Musician Jon Bon Jovi owns a restaurant where you only pay what you can afford.
Named the JBJ Soul Kitchen, the nonprofit community restaurant is run by the Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation as part of its mission to address hunger and homelessness.
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How Does Soul Kitchen Work?
The Soul Kitchen is open to everyone on a first-come, first-serve basis. Guests enjoy a three-piece meal that includes a soup or salad, an entrée and a dessert.
At the end of the meal, you pay what you can. The suggested donation is $20, but you can pay all or none of that.
Another option is to pay for your meal by volunteering at the restaurant.
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Helping the Hungry
“Pay What You Can” restaurants have been opening all over the country.
The concept behind these restaurants is to give poor or homeless people a good meal without making them go to a homeless shelter or soup kitchen.
The organization One World Everybody Eats helps communities open and manage these restaurants.
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Feeling Good by Doing Good
Jon Bon Jovi and his wife Dorothea opened the first Soul Kitchen in 2011. They have plans to open a third on the campus of Rutgers University.
As the rocker told CBS news, “The way to feel good is to do good.”
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What he’s doing is a beautiful thing and wonderful. If he ever were to open another one here in Michigan or specifically Holland,MI I would so voluntarily work there to help! 💙❤️💜💚💛
Great job! We need place like out here in Las Vegas and all over Nevada. God Bless you Jon Bon Jovi! I’m a Jersey girl and met you years ago. But since moved. Keep.up the greàt work.
Thank you for , your kindness .. the world would be a better place with people like you . God bless you 🙏
What an amazing way to give back
We need a couple here in s.e. Wisconsin. I would be happy to help
We need one in Pittsburgh Pa! I would volunteer all the time. This is a wonderful, selfless act. He is a wonderful person along with his lovely wife and children.
Wonderful mission! So happy he is extending it to a college campus. All colleges should have this option, as there are many students who can barely afford tuition and books. They should not go hungry.
Yeah great idea.. And destined to be abused by those not in need