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Jon Bon Jovi may be from New Jersey, but on Monday he was helping save Detroit, one house at a time. The rocker announced he was helping to build five homes on Detroit’s east side, thanks to Habitat for Humanity, the city’s Saturn retailers and his own Philadelphia Soul Charitable Foundation, via his arena football team of the same name.
The last home on a construction site was torn down and a wall for a new house was erected, which is great news, especially if you’ve ever been to Detroit’s east side.
Jon is the first Founding Ambassador of the Habitat for Humanity Ambassador program. His support for Habitat for Humanity began in 2005 when he provided the funds to build six homes in Philadelphia and worked to build the homes with the homeowner families and members of his Philadelphia Soul Arena Football Team.
Later, in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Jon Bon Jovi surprised Oprah Winfrey with a check from his band for $1 million. Bon Jovi, Habitat, and Oprah’s Angel Network built 29 homes in Houma, La. with low-income families previously displaced by the natural disaster.
Then, in October 2006, Jon announced a unique partnership he brokered between Project H.O.M.E., the newly formed Philadelphia Soul Charitable Foundation and Saturn to renovate 15 row houses in one of Philadelphia’s most poverty-ridden neighborhoods. Including those 15 homes, Jon is currently a motivating force behind a total of 60 homes being built in partnership with low-income families.
Thanks Jon for showing the love of the Lord, to people who are often forgotten or overlooked. Reach out to your local Habitat for Humanity and see where they need your help.
Thank God that he uses all things, all people, all situations to demonstrate his love for people no matter whether the vessel gets it or not. I get the concept of staying positive and believing the best about people — I do. But what if we become guilty of what C.S. Lewis talked about when we mix just enough truth into a misguided notion to make it palpable. God is good to his people and He is good to use us even when we deserve to “sit-the-bench”.