Fifty days ago the all-volunteer Holiday Express set out to celebrate its 25th anniversary by performing and spreading the season’s cheer at a record breaking 100 events. On Christmas Eve that mission was accomplished when the team landed at St. John’s Soup Kitchen in Newark. Founded by restaurateur Tim McLoone, Holiday Express is comprised of […]

 In the midst of performing a record breaking 100 events this season, Holiday Express made a stop at Sisters Academy, on Springwood Avenue. The nonprofit is celebrating its 25 year anniversary by adding 17 more stops to schedule of spreading spreading holiday cheer and human kindness by delivering music, food, gifts, financial support, and friendship […]

Holiday Express has an edict of spreading human kindness that is based in simplicity but was born from desperation. “For me personally it’s been transformative,” said Tim McLoone, who created the nonprofit 25 years ago. “I’m honest with people about this – it came from a dark place for me. I just did not want […]

Asbury Park native Jerry Carter, 52, attended this weekend’s Jersey Shore Rescue Mission Coat Drive on Main Street, not to get a coat but to for a hot meal and the duffle bag filled with toiletries donated by partnering nonprofit Holiday Express. “I live day by day,” Carter [at right] said. “This helps me and […]