SOMERS POINT, N.J. – Last year there were ten traffic fatalities reported in New Jersey during the New Year’s holiday. While many like to usher in the New Year with a cocktail or two, the Hero Campaign hopes to put an end to traffic deaths caused by drunk driving by asking everyone to either use … Read more
OCEAN CITY, NJ (December 12, 2016) – For some, it’s an annual tradition; for others, a chilling new experience. Either way, everyone involved can agree that the HERO Campaign Pledge & Plunge in Ocean City on New Year’s Day is one of the most exhilarating ways to support safe and sober designated driving. Splashing their … Read more
The list of goals in Chad Michael Horne’s wallet started with the basics: graduate from college, get a job, rent an apartment. Then the dreams got loftier: get married, raise kids, win a Nobel Peace Prize “or two,” buy a home in the south of France, travel the world. The last item on his list … Read more
We filmed our new commercial at the annual Ocean City HERO Walk on October 2, 2016, featuring Shelby, the Horne family and many other HERO supporters. Check it out here! #BeAHERO and take the HERO Pledge today.
The HERO Campaign registered 75 new HERO Pledges by fans at Keeneland Racecourse in Lexington, KY over the weekend. Members of the Kentucky State Police staffed the HERO Campaign’s designated driver pledge table from October 7-9 at the start of Keeneland’s fall meet. This is the third season Keeneland has promoted the HERO Campaign’s designated … Read more
OCEAN CITY – Jessica Tracy is an unwilling member of a club bonded by tragedy. In 2010, Tracy’s cousin, Chad Michael Horne, 22, was killed in an accident involving a drunk driver. So on Sunday, Tracy, along with family members, walked on the Ocean City Boardwalk in the John R. Elliott HERO Walk as a … Read more
OCEAN CITY — Chad Michael Horne’s bucket list included finishing college, getting married to a beautiful woman and having a healthy marriage and relationship with his children. His parents found the list in his wallet the day of his funeral. He was killed by a drunken driver in 2010, when he was just 22 years … Read more
OCEAN CITY, NJ (Sept. 21, 2016) – A new HERO Campaign TV commercial to be filmed at this year’s HERO Walk will feature Ocean City students along with hundreds of supporters from throughout the region. The 5K walk, which benefits the John R. Elliott HERO Campaign for Designated Drivers, will be held on Sunday, October … Read more
Walkers can Be HEROES and Stars! (Ocean City, NJ) – An expected 1,000 walkers will have the chance to star in a new TV commercial being filmed at the 6th Annual John R Elliott HERO Walk, Sunday, October 2, 11 a.m. on the Ocean City Boardwalk. Actress and spokesperson Shelby Gribbin of Brigantine will be … Read more
Bill Elliott has a booming bass voice. When he was news director at WMID Radio early in his career, his voice would vibrate the speakers. That continued during his years in public relations with Shore Medical Center, Atlantic Electric and Richard Stockton College, including a weekly television show on TV-40. You always think of that … Read more
