NEW JERSEY – The Loukoumi Make A Difference Foundation helped make another dream come true through its Dream Day Contest which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. Based on our book, Growing Up With Loukoumi, the Dream Day Contest gives kids the opportunity to spend a day in their dream day careers.
When 9 year old Melina Kokkalas grows up, she wants to be a chef and own her own restaurant for people in need – people that might not be able to afford a nutritious meal… and that is exactly what the JBJ Soul Kitchen does. JBJ Soul Kitchen is a non-profit community restaurant, run by the Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation, that serves paying and in need customers.
Melina assisted the restaurant with pre-dinner preparations, and helped pick organic vegetables from the lush garden on premises. She also enjoyed a delicious three course dinner with her Mom and Loukoumi Foundation President Nick Katsoris, and was treated to a very special visit from Jon Bon Jovi himself. The Grammy Award-winning rock star and renowned philanthropist spoke with Melina about her Dream Day, offering her encouraging words followed by photos.
“Special thanks to everyone at this amazing place for cooking up the perfect Dream Day for our latest national contest winner,” Katsoris told The National Herald adding that “In fact, Melina is so inspired that she and the Loukoumi Foundation now want to help raise funds for the JBJ Soul Kitchen. Stay tuned for more details.”
More on the Loukoumi Make A Difference Foundation and the Dream Day Contest is available online: LoukoumiFoundation.org.
More information on the JBJ Soul Kitchen is also online: JBJSoulkitchen.org.
The Loukoumi Make A Difference Foundation’s Dream Day for Melina Kokkalas included meeting rock star Jon Bon Jovi at JBJ Soul Kitchen, a community restaurant and a program of the Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation. Photo: Nick Katsoris
ATHENS - A regulation in an omnibus bill will allow repatriated Greeks from Albania and the former Soviet Union to receive full national pensions, Labor and Social Protection Minister Kostis Hatzidakis said during a discussion in Greek Parliament on Tuesday.
FALMOUTH, MA – The police in Falmouth have identified the victim in an accident involving a car plunging into the ocean on February 20, NBC10 Boston reported.
PHILADELPHIA – The Federation of Hellenic Societies of Philadelphia and Greater Delaware Valley announced that the Evzones, the Presidential Guard of Greece will be participating in the Philadelphia Greek Independence Day Parade on March 20.
O oceanic you sing and sail
White on your body and yellow on your chimeneas
For you're tired of the filthy waters of the harbors
You who loved the distant Sporades
You who lifted the tallest flags
You who sail clear through the most dangerous caves
Hail to you who let yourself be charmed by the sirens
Hail to you for never having been afraid of the Symplegades
(Andreas Empeirikos)
What traveler has not been fascinated by the Greek islands, drawn by the Sirens’ song of a traveler’s dreams?
TNH and our video show ‘Mission’ marked the change of the season by transporting viewers into the heart of summer.
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