Get ready to kick off your shoes and party on the beach!

Join Holiday Express for a beachside celebration to raise support for our upcoming 32nd second season of giving on Sunday, Sept. 8, at McLoone’s Pier House in Long Branch.

Party under an enormous tent in front of McLoone’s Pier House in Long Branch where our friends and supporters will gather to help us generate much-needed funds that will help us deliver our mission to those most in need during the holiday season and throughout the year.

Founded by restauranteur and musician Tim McLoone, we light up the holidays for 25,000 vulnerable people with live music, gifts, food and entertainment during the season of giving, Nov. 1 through Dec. 24.

At this year’s beach bash, we’re pleased to celebrate our Sunset Clambake honoree, Carol Stillwell, president and CEO of Stillwell-Hansen, Inc., a leader in data center infrastructure solutions based in Edison and contributor to a host of nonprofit causes in the Jersey Shore region. She’s a longtime supporter of our kindness mission.

We’ll also present awards to dedicated volunteers Neil McDevitt, of Little Silver, and Bill Nagy, an Eatontown resident. McDevitt will receive the Andrew Spencer award and Nagy the Lauren Townsend award.

Our kindhearted organization is powered by over 2,500 volunteers who lend a hand throughout the year to get ready for the bustling holiday season of bringing high-energy parties to children and adults facing developmental challenges, poverty, isolation, and other difficulties.

This season, our troupe of merrymakers will make 100 stops to organizations in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania, warming hearts and delivering the gift of human kindness.

Your $300 ticket will include hors d’oeuvres, a lavish buffet and raw bar, lobster and filet mignon, open bar, chance and silent auctions, plus live music from the Holiday Express Band and dancing on the beach under a huge tent.

Local businesses are invited to support our cause with Clambake sponsorships that range from $1,500 to $20,000. Notes of congratulations and ads for the virtual ad journal are also avaialable to our friends and supporters.

Visit www.HolidayExpress.org to purchase tickets, sponsorships, congratulatory notes and ads.

For more information on the Clambake, email clambake@holidayexpress.org.