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Ever since Jon Bon Jovi gave up his childhood home for a fan on MTV in 1989, he was on his way to sainthood. Or at least the "good guy" title. Now the rock star has teamed up with Newark Mayor Cory Booker and NJ Gov. Jon Corzine to bring more affordable housing to his home state. NJ.com reports the trio "dug shovels into a vacant lot in the city's North Ward" yesterday. The $15 million-project will ultimately provide 51 homes to low-income and special needs people, and permanent housing for HIV/AIDS clients. Jon Bon put in about $1 million through his Philadelphia Soul Charitable Foundation, which has also helped folks in Brooklyn. He declared ever so poetically at the press conference that a difference can be made: "one street, one neighborhood, one soul at a time."
St. Bongiovi Builds More Affordable Housing
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where's his hard hat? such a bad example for child-construction workers!
Bon Jovi/Booker '08!
such a bad example for child-construction workers!
yes, bob the builder agrees with you.
LOL @ "St. Bongiovi"
I think maybe he declined to wear one after he saw what a dork David Wright looks like wearing one in the commercial for union contractors that runs during Mets games. Or maybe he's just worried it'll mess up his perfectly feathered hair.Let's just hope the people who move into it don't turn the place into a crime-ridded, grafitti-covered slum in 5 years.
More famous people getting involved in beneficial projects, please.
to be fair he never wore a hard-hat when he was fixing single female lawyer's apartment.
Jon a Saint??? What a joke!!!