POP/ROCK - June 12, 1989

Rock star Jon Bon Jovi’s parents have started a scholarship named after their son to help aspiring artists attending his old high school. John and Carol Bongiovi said that the “Jon Bon Jovi Dare to Dream Scholarship” will be awarded to artistic students at Sayreville War Memorial High School. They would not disclose how much money was involved in the scholarship. The family will provide initial seed money for the scholarship fund, which will be supplemented by fund-raising events organized by students, said Jim Robinson, a school planning board chairman. Mrs. Bongiovi said potential scholarship recipients didn’t necessarily have to be rock ‘n’ roll singers: “It could be a kid who likes to hammer the piano all day long and is driving everybody nuts.”