Esther Templeton Giles @emt2075 - Twitter Profile

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20 days ago

5 Years Ago And 5 Yrs After!!!’ Amazing look that matches her beauty after 5yrs. What an amazing transformation ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ Wait for it 😀

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Mr PitBull Stories

@MrPitbull07

about 1 month ago

In 2011, Jon Bon Jovi and his wife Dorothea opened a restaurant with no prices on the menu. One evening, a woman sat down there trying not to cry. Not because anyone hurt her — but because she had forgotten what it felt like to be treated with dignity. She had been surviving on vending machine snacks, shelter leftovers, and whatever food she could find. Then someone placed a real meal in front of her. Warm soup. Fresh vegetables. Dessert on a real plate. The dining room was calm and welcoming. Cloth napkins. Proper silverware. Soft lighting. Small details that quietly told people: you belong here too. Then the waiter walked over. Her stomach dropped. She thought this was the moment she’d have to admit she couldn’t pay. Instead, he smiled and left a note beside her plate. There were no prices. Only a suggested donation. And if she couldn’t afford to pay, she could volunteer her time instead. No questions. No shame. No judgment. She read the note twice, waiting for the catch. There wasn’t one. A little later, she stood at the kitchen sink washing dishes beside volunteers and staff. Somewhere between the warm water, the soap, and the quiet conversations, something inside her shifted. For the first time in a long time, she no longer felt invisible. That’s the heart of JBJ Soul Kitchen. Dorothea Bon Jovi helped build the restaurant around one simple belief: everyone deserves dignity, no matter their circumstances. No separate lines. No labels. No treating people like charity cases. Guests who can pay help cover meals for others. Those who can’t are invited to help by folding napkins, setting tables, or working in the kitchen. And beyond the meals, the restaurant connects people with housing support, healthcare resources, job guidance, and local services that can help rebuild lives. What started as one small restaurant has grown into multiple locations across New Jersey, including spaces serving college students facing food insecurity. Together, JBJ Soul Kitchen has served more than 200,000 meals. When the pandemic shut the world down in 2020, they kept going. Meals became takeout. Families were fed. Jon Bon Jovi was spotted washing dishes while Dorothea helped keep everything running. Millions know Bon Jovi as a rock star. But one of the most meaningful things he and Dorothea ever built was a place where people could sit down, eat with dignity, and feel seen again. Because hunger isn’t always just an empty stomach. Sometimes it’s the feeling that the world has forgotten you. And that little restaurant with no prices on the menu reminds people of something powerful: You still matter. You still belong.

MrPitbull07's tweet photo. In 2011, Jon Bon Jovi and his wife Dorothea opened a restaurant with no prices on the menu.

One evening, a woman sat down there trying not to cry.

Not because anyone hurt her — but because she had forgotten what it felt like to be treated with dignity.

She had been surviving on vending machine snacks, shelter leftovers, and whatever food she could find. Then someone placed a real meal in front of her.

Warm soup. Fresh vegetables. Dessert on a real plate.

The dining room was calm and welcoming. Cloth napkins. Proper silverware. Soft lighting. Small details that quietly told people: you belong here too.

Then the waiter walked over.

Her stomach dropped. She thought this was the moment she’d have to admit she couldn’t pay.

Instead, he smiled and left a note beside her plate.

There were no prices. Only a suggested donation.

And if she couldn’t afford to pay, she could volunteer her time instead.

No questions.
No shame.
No judgment.

She read the note twice, waiting for the catch.

There wasn’t one.

A little later, she stood at the kitchen sink washing dishes beside volunteers and staff. Somewhere between the warm water, the soap, and the quiet conversations, something inside her shifted.

For the first time in a long time, she no longer felt invisible.

That’s the heart of JBJ Soul Kitchen.

Dorothea Bon Jovi helped build the restaurant around one simple belief: everyone deserves dignity, no matter their circumstances.

No separate lines.
No labels.
No treating people like charity cases.

Guests who can pay help cover meals for others. Those who can’t are invited to help by folding napkins, setting tables, or working in the kitchen.

And beyond the meals, the restaurant connects people with housing support, healthcare resources, job guidance, and local services that can help rebuild lives.

What started as one small restaurant has grown into multiple locations across New Jersey, including spaces serving college students facing food insecurity.

Together, JBJ Soul Kitchen has served more than 200,000 meals.

When the pandemic shut the world down in 2020, they kept going. Meals became takeout. Families were fed. Jon Bon Jovi was spotted washing dishes while Dorothea helped keep everything running.

Millions know Bon Jovi as a rock star.

But one of the most meaningful things he and Dorothea ever built was a place where people could sit down, eat with dignity, and feel seen again.

Because hunger isn’t always just an empty stomach.

Sometimes it’s the feeling that the world has forgotten you.

And that little restaurant with no prices on the menu reminds people of something powerful:

You still matter.

You still belong.

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Esther Templeton Giles @emt2075

about 2 months ago

@end3of6days9 Period!

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about 2 months ago

@TheEXECUTlONER_ All the neighborhood kids played on our hoop

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Sakai

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3 months ago

好萊塢最美女星很多取的都不是顏值巔峰時的臉

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Juanita Broaddrick

@atensnut

3 months ago

Who was most handsome back then! Me: Mel Gibson

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Massimo

@Rainmaker1973

6 months ago

One of the most iconic moments in NBA history

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Wolf of X

@WolfofX

6 months ago

In 2021, little Rose drowned in a pool. Her brother Eric, just 18 at the time, pulled her out and performed CPR, saving her. This is their emotional reunion after her four-day hospital stay...