http://holidayexpress.org/ On Thanksgiving Eve, 1993, as restaurateur and musician Tim McLoone
prepared for yet another holiday surrounded by loving family and
friends, he felt a strong sense of gratitude... but also a nagging sense
that he should do something to bring this warmth to others less
fortunate.
He turned to his network of musician friends with the idea of
bringing the healing power of music to people whose lives needed an
injection of happiness. By that December, his small band of troubadours
and other volunteers put on parties for AIDS patients, the
developmentally disabled, the isolated elderly and disadvantaged
children. At the end of the first season, Tim's makeshift group of
merry-makers performed for more than 6,000 people in 10 different
venues.
After the tinsel and jingle bells were put into storage, Tim
and his friends could not easily put aside the emotions brought on by
seeing so many people in such difficult circumstances. The group knew
that they had to keep the momentum going. They dubbed themselves Holiday
Express,
and, in 1994, received approval to operate as a non-profit, non-sectarian organization. Click on the link to read the rest of the story and also find out more about this amazing, life changing organization.