Tim McLoone:
Curing Boredom with Success
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iving in Monmouth County, you’ve almost certainly heard the name Tim McLoone. You’ve possibly attended one of his concerts with the Shirleys, or eaten at one of his many restaurants, or perhaps you’ve attended an event with Holiday Express, the charity he started in 1993, or maybe your son or daughter is on the track team he coaches in Rumson-Fair Haven. No matter how you’ve come in contact with the name McLoone, it usually brings up images of the Shore, music, good times, competition, and keen business sense. But there’s more to the man named Tim.
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A conversation with the 71-year-old who was born on Valentine’s Day, reveals an introverted side to the gregarious entertainer. A self-proclaimed homebody who is happiest at home in Little Silver with his wife, Beth, and their four children, Molly, 30, Jack, 21, Connor, 19, and Hannah, 18, Tim humbly portrays his life as a series of “stumbled upons”. Equally successful in the fields of music, business, philanthropy, and sports, his knack for achievement is due to a rare mixture of talent, confidence, hard-work, and a need for plan B. Having spent most of his childhood playing alone, Tim fills
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his schedule and avoids boredom at all costs. A gifted imagination, and a drive to help when needed, has led to unexpected success for a man who considers himself talented, but perhaps having never reached his full potential. “When I was little, we had an unusual circumstance,” explained Tim. “My brother, Briane, and it’s spelled weird, b-r-i-a-n-e, had polio and was very ill. We lived on the grounds of a veteran’s hospital because my father worked there in the administration. So, I didn’t have any friends available to me, any friends I saw there had to be driven. And in the 1950s there