Bon Jovi helps White House launch summer jobs initiative

Rock icon Jon Bon Jovi visited the White House on Thursday.

The singer tweeted about his visit and also participated in a Twitter chat with Jon Carson, the director of the White House Office of Public Engagement. Carson tweeted a picture of the meeting.

Bon Jovi’s visit was meant to raise awareness for the Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation’s participation in a new White House initiative announced Thursday.

The White House issued a call to action it named "Summer Jobs+," part of President Obama’s “We can’t wait” campaign against a gridlock-prone Congress.

The initiative is a show of cooperation between the federal government and private sector entities with the goal of creating 180,000 employment opportunities for low-income youth in the summer of 2012. The program will include a Summer Jobs+ Bank, a one-stop digital resource for the digital generation, the statement says.

Bon Jovi is also a member of Obama's White House Council for Community Solutions.

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