(including transcript):-
AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY
Toms River, New Jersey - 14 April 2015
1. Jon Bon Jovi on stage at B.E.A.T. (Bringing Everyone All Together) Center event
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Jon Bon Jovi, Board Chairman of Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation:
"With hunger and homelessness, I realized ten years ago that this is something that we could make a dent in, just a dent, that didn't need a scientist to create the cure. That we, with money and action, and then desire, could in fact make a dent and for these last ten years we've been working hard."
3. Bon Jovi poses for photo
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Jon Bon Jovi, Board Chairman of Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation:
"I know the people who have been hungry and you would be shocked to know that these hard-working middle-class people from the tri-state area, who after the economic downturn couldn't afford to keep a consistent, good, nutritious meal on their table. The Soul Kitchen was born out of need."
5. Bon Jovi waiting to pose for photo
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Jon Bon Jovi, Board Chairman of Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation:
"Because our model is powered by people who are in need volunteering. So if you want to come and make a difference, it would be better if you came and donated more than you thought was the cost of that meal."
7. Exterior of future home of B.E.A.T. Center
8. Pan of interior of future home of B.E.A.T. Center
9. Blueprints for B.E.A.T. Center
10. Pan of food donations
11. Bon Jovi with guests inside future home of B.E.A.T. center
BON JOVI, CHARITIES OPEN HUNGER CENTER AT NEW JERSEY SHORE
Musician and philanthropist Jon Bon Jovi joined local charities to help launch an anti-hunger center in a section of the New Jersey shore devastated by Superstorm Sandy.
The Jersey-born rocker and his Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation announced plans Tuesday (14 APRIL 2015) for the B.E.A.T. Center, which stands for Bringing Everyone All Together. The center site is designed as a one-stop facility to help people get food stamps, health care, meals for at-risk children and seniors, and culinary-related job training. It will open later this year in Toms River.
The center also will house a second JBJ Soul Kitchen community restaurant, where diners pay a minimum $10 donation or do volunteer work for their meals. The first one opened in 2011 in Red Bank, New Jersey.
Bon Jovi says Ocean County suffered the worst damage from the October 2012 storm, but has not gotten a proportionate share of aid.
"Ocean County was directly impacted by Hurricane Sandy; it was not a wealthy county to begin with," he said. "At one point or another, 45 percent of households that had kids needed emergency food relief services during the course of the last year. I know people who have been hungry. You'd be shocked to know these hardworking, middle-class people from the tri-state area who after the economic downturn couldn't afford to keep a consistent, nutritious meal on the table."
Toms River was one of the hardest-hit communities during Sandy. Many homes and businesses and even the main road through town still have not been rebuilt.
Bon Jovi is partnering with the Food Bank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, The Peoples Pantry and the David Tepper Charitable Foundation to provide $5 million in services to needy families in the B.E.A.T. Center's first year of operation.
The center joins other charitable endeavors undertaken by Bon Jovi, including the construction of 440 units of affordable housing for homeless or low-income families; donations to numerous Sandy relief efforts; and two Soul Kitchen restaurants, including a smaller third one in a firehouse in storm-tossed Union Beach, New Jersey.
"With hunger and homelessness, I realized 10 years ago that this was something we could make a dent in - just a dent - that didn't need a scientist to create the cure," he told the Associated Press. "That we, with a little money and action and then desire, that we could in fact make a dent. We're certainly going to try."
His band, Bon Jovi, has been one of rock and roll's most popular acts for the past 32 years, with hits including "Livin' On A Prayer," "You Give Love A Bad Name" and "Wanted Dead Or Alive."
CLEARANCE DETAILS
SHOTLIST (including transcript):-
AP TELEVISION - AP CLIENTS ONLY
Toms River, New Jersey - 14 April 2015
1. Jon Bon Jovi on stage at B.E.A.T. (Bringing Everyone All Together) Center event
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Jon Bon Jovi, Board Chairman of Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation:
"With hunger and homelessness, I realized ten years ago that this is something that we could make a dent in, just a dent, that didn't need a scientist to create the cure. That we, with money and action, and then desire, could in fact make a dent and for these last ten years we've been working hard."
3. Bon Jovi poses for photo
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Jon Bon Jovi, Board Chairman of Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation:
"I know the people who have been hungry and you would be shocked to know that these hard-working middle-class people from the tri-state area, who after the economic downturn couldn't afford to keep a consistent, good, nutritious meal on their table. The Soul Kitchen was born out of need."
5. Bon Jovi waiting to pose for photo
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Jon Bon Jovi, Board Chairman of Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation:
"Because our model is powered by people who are in need volunteering. So if you want to come and make a difference, it would be better if you came and donated more than you thought was the cost of that meal."
7. Exterior of future home of B.E.A.T. Center
8. Pan of interior of future home of B.E.A.T. Center
9. Blueprints for B.E.A.T. Center
10. Pan of food donations
11. Bon Jovi with guests inside future home of B.E.A.T. center
BON JOVI, CHARITIES OPEN HUNGER CENTER AT NEW JERSEY SHORE
Musician and philanthropist Jon Bon Jovi joined local charities to help launch an anti-hunger center in a section of the New Jersey shore devastated by Superstorm Sandy.
The Jersey-born rocker and his Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation announced plans Tuesday (14 APRIL 2015) for the B.E.A.T. Center, which stands for Bringing Everyone All Together. The center site is designed as a one-stop facility to help people get food stamps, health care, meals for at-risk children and seniors, and culinary-related job training. It will open later this year in Toms River.
The center also will house a second JBJ Soul Kitchen community restaurant, where diners pay a minimum $10 donation or do volunteer work for their meals. The first one opened in 2011 in Red Bank, New Jersey.
Bon Jovi says Ocean County suffered the worst damage from the October 2012 storm, but has not gotten a proportionate share of aid.
"Ocean County was directly impacted by Hurricane Sandy; it was not a wealthy county to begin with," he said. "At one point or another, 45 percent of households that had kids needed emergency food relief services during the course of the last year. I know people who have been hungry. You'd be shocked to know these hardworking, middle-class people from the tri-state area who after the economic downturn couldn't afford to keep a consistent, nutritious meal on the table."
Toms River was one of the hardest-hit communities during Sandy. Many homes and businesses and even the main road through town still have not been rebuilt.
Bon Jovi is partnering with the Food Bank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, The Peoples Pantry and the David Tepper Charitable Foundation to provide $5 million in services to needy families in the B.E.A.T. Center's first year of operation.
The center joins other charitable endeavors undertaken by Bon Jovi, including the construction of 440 units of affordable housing for homeless or low-income families; donations to numerous Sandy relief efforts; and two Soul Kitchen restaurants, including a smaller third one in a firehouse in storm-tossed Union Beach, New Jersey.
"With hunger and homelessness, I realized 10 years ago that this was something we could make a dent in - just a dent - that didn't need a scientist to create the cure," he told the Associated Press. "That we, with a little money and action and then desire, that we could in fact make a dent. We're certainly going to try."
His band, Bon Jovi, has been one of rock and roll's most popular acts for the past 32 years, with hits including "Livin' On A Prayer," "You Give Love A Bad Name" and "Wanted Dead Or Alive."
CLEARANCE DETAILS
