Bon Jovi to open a one-stop facility in New Jersey for food stamps, health care and job training

London: Rocker Jon Bon Jovi will open a one-stop facility in New Jersey that will help people get food stamps, health care, meals for at-risk children and senior citizens, as well as offering culinary-related job training. It is called the B.E.A.T. Center, which stands for Bringing Everyone All Together and will open at Toms River later this year, reported Female First. [caption id=“attachment_533099” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Jon Bon Jovi. Reuters.[/caption] It will also house a JBJ Soul Kitchen community restaurant, where diners pay a minimum USD 10 donation or receive a meal in exchange for voluntary work. The 53-year-old rocker believes Ocean County suffered the worst damage from the 2012 storm but has not received a proportionate share of aid. “Ocean County was directly impacted by Hurricane Sandy; it was not a wealthy county to begin with. “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.” Jovi has teamed with the Food Bank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, The Peoples Pantry and the David Tepper Charitable Foundation to provide USD 5 million in services to families in the facility’s first year of operation. PTI