{"id":170,"date":"2010-10-05T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-05T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jonbonjovisoulfoundation.sparkart.wpengine.com\/?p=166"},"modified":"2010-10-05T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-10-05T07:00:00","slug":"happy-4-year-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jbjsf.org\/news\/2010\/10\/05\/happy-4-year-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy 4 Year Anniversary!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are just a few projects we have completed in four years, thanks to the<br \/>\ngenerous support of our donors:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Coinciding with the Foundation&#8217;s launch on October 6, 2006, the Foundation<br \/>\nannounced we would partner with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.looktothestars.org\/charity\/273-project-home\">Project H.O.M.E.<\/a> to<br \/>\nhelp rebuild 15 homes in North Philadelphia, a project which was completed<br \/>\nin November 2007.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>In November 2007, we assisted the Habitat for Humanity&#8217;s Jimmy Carter Work<br \/>\nProject in launching a 3 year commitment to building an additional 150 homes<br \/>\nin Los Angeles County.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>In May 2008, joining again with Project H.O.M.E. we committed to assisting<br \/>\nwith building &amp; updating the Saint Elizabeth&#8217;s Recovery Residence in<br \/>\nPhiladelphia, PA which provides assistance to veterans.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>In July 2008 we began construction on a project with Habitat for<br \/>\nHumanity-Detroit and Saturn Hands on Homes, to build 5 new homes in the<br \/>\nMorningSide community on Detroit&#8217;s East Side. The first home owner moved in<br \/>\non December 12, 2008.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>In September 2008, we collaborated with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.looktothestars.org\/charity\/348-help-usa\">HELP USA<\/a> to break<br \/>\nground on a 51 unit complex which offers affordable housing with support<br \/>\nservices for low-income and special-needs populations in Newark, NJ. The<br \/>\nHELP Genesis JBJ Soul Homes opened on December 8, 2009.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>In July 2009, HomeAid Atlanta and JBJSF broke ground on a the first phase<br \/>\nof a 16-unit apartment complex with a community center. The Phoenix Pass<br \/>\nComplex is a long-term transitional housing complex (the first in Rockdale<br \/>\nCounty, Georgia) serving families, particularly women with children, who are<br \/>\nexperiencing temporary homelessness in the Conyers\/Rockdale County<br \/>\nCommunity. Phoenix Pass took in its first residents in the summer of 2010.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This a sampling of what has been keeping us busy for our first four years<br \/>\nand we are not even close to being done! On this day, as we celebrate our<br \/>\npast, we hope you will help us prepare for our future. With generous<br \/>\ncontributions from those who support our work we have accomplished so much<br \/>\nto help provide food and shelter to so many people in great need. Over the<br \/>\nupcoming months, as we prepare for our next projects, we will also be<br \/>\nrevisiting our early projects and profiling the faces of those whose lives<br \/>\nhave changed as a result of your generosity and support of these programs.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/secure.piryx.com\/donate\/WTEsP6EN\/jbj-soul-foundation\/\">Click here to donate now!<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Thank you, all of you, for a spectacular four years and here&#8217;s to many more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On October 5, 2006 the Jon Bon Jovi SOUL Foundation officially opened it&#8217;s<br \/>\ndoors. In these past four years so much has been accomplished to better the<br \/>\nlives of men, women and children all over this nation. Our focus has always<br \/>\nbeen on the creation of programs and partnerships targeted at breaking the<br \/>\ncycle of poverty and homelessness. Since opening our doors four years ago<br \/>\ntoday we have focused our funding on projects that have offered affordable<br \/>\nhousing, job training and social services to those in need. We exist to<br \/>\ncombat issues that force families and individuals into economic despair.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.2.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jbjsf.org\/news\/2010\/10\/05\/happy-4-year-anniversary\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Happy 4 Year Anniversary! - JBJ Soul Foundation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"On October 5, 2006 the Jon Bon Jovi SOUL Foundation officially opened it&#039;s doors. 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