Monthly Archives: July 2025

July 30 2025

8th Annual Mulligan for Meals Golf Outing

On June 16, 2025, we hosted our 8th Annual Mulligans For Meals Golf Outing at Hominy Hill Golf Course. This annual event supports the JBJ Soul Kitchen mission of alleviating hunger and supporting our locations in Red Bank and Toms River, NJ.

Thank you to our presenting sponsor, as well as all of our other amazing sponsors who made this day so special! Check out the full list of our generous supporters in the event program, click here.

JBJ Soul Kitchen strives to provide healthy, locally sourced food in a restaurant setting to both in-need and paying customers, addressing issues of food insecurity. We empower individuals by offering resources and volunteer opportunities, encouraging paying customers to pay it forward and cover the cost for those in need. Our commitment is to treat all our customers with dignity and respect, fostering unity in communities and building healthy, lasting relationships through food.

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July 5 2025

Feed the Hungry Pantry of Palm Beach County

In July 2025, the Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation provided a grant to Feed the Hungry Pantry of Palm Beach County that helped complete their latest project.

With support from the Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation, they’ve launched a network of solar-powered, refrigerated containers that will store millions of pounds of nutritious food including milk, eggs, fish, meat, bread, and canned goods and will be delivered free of charge to local community organizations, churches, and pantries – including their own. They’ve created an innovative solution that allows them to feed more than 12,000 people every week.

Feed the Hungry Pantry of Palm Beach County’s Mission Statement: Our volunteers are dedicated to ending hunger in Palm Beach County, especially among the sick, the disabled, shut-ins, seniors, minorities, veterans, and children. Since most of our work is done by volunteers, we can provide meat, fish, milk, eggs, cheese, produce, bread and canned goods for a healthy meal for pennies.

In October 2025, The pantry added five new refrigerated containers, allowing them to safely store fresh produce, meat, dairy, bread, and more. These containers are on track to help the pantry handle over 6 million pounds of food in 2025.
Recently, they rescued 26,000 pounds of protein from local supermarkets—preventing food waste while providing nutritious meals to neighbors in need.

If you would like to learn more and support Feed the Hungry Pantry of Palm Beach County, please click here.

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July 1 2025

Rights of Passage II Ribbon Cutting

PENNSYLVANIA – In July 2026, JBJ Soul Foundation President Leo Carlin joined Covenant House Pennsylvania for the ribbon cutting of Rights of Passage II, an expansion of Covenant House’s transitional housing program for young adults experiencing homelessness. The Rights of Passage model was first supported by JBJ Soul Foundation in 2011, and the Foundation is proud to continue that partnership through a grant supporting this new phase of the program.

Rights of Passage II adds 12 safe and supportive living units for young adults ages 18–24, offering stability, guidance, and resources designed to help residents move toward independence. The program emphasizes long-term outcomes through wraparound support, including housing, life-skills development, and individualized care.

At JBJ Soul Foundation, we believe in meeting people where they are and investing in solutions that create lasting change. Rights of Passage II reflects that commitment by providing young adults with the time, tools, and stability they need to heal, grow, and build sustainable futures.

In 2024, Covenant House Pennsylvania served more than 2,000 youth through a range of programs, including residential services, street outreach, education and prevention, and transitional housing. Among those served was Jnyah Walker, who entered the transitional housing program on her 21st birthday after experiencing homelessness. With Covenant House’s support, she was able to focus on her mental health, secure employment, and save enough to move into her own apartment within six months.

JBJ Soul Foundation is honored to support Covenant House Pennsylvania and its continued commitment to helping young people transition from homelessness to stability, independence, and opportunity.

For more information on Covenant House Pennsylvania, please visit their website.