HERO Campaign Supporters Make HERO Walk on October 16 a Great Success

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A throng of eager HERO Walk participants awaits the starting horn on the Ocean City Boardwalk on Sunday, October 16, 2022. In the front row, between the two banners, 2022 Miss Night in Venice Gracie Anderson was on hand to serve as the official HERO Walk starter. it is the HERO Campaign’s biggest annual fundraiser thanks to the event’s sponsors and participating teams and individuals.

 

The John R. Elliott HERO Campaign hosted its 11th HERO Walk and 1-Mile Fun Run on Sunday, October 16, 2022, on the Ocean City Boardwalk. Hundreds of supporters, along with families who have lost loved ones to drunk driving, participated in the walk-run event.

The HERO Campaign was established by the family of Navy Ensign John Elliott of Egg Harbor Twp., NJ, after he was killed in a collision with a drunk driver near Woodstown in July 2000, two months after he graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy, where he was named the Outstanding HERO of his graduating class.

Just prior to the start of the Walk, a ceremony was held to recognize the top Walk teams, along with the event’s sponsors and volunteers. A memory banner displayed pictures of numerous victims who have lost their lives to drunk driving tragedies.

This year’s event featured a display of HERO patrol cars from police departments throughout South Jersey, which serve as rolling billboards for the campaign as they are wrapped with the HERO Campaign’s blue and yellow logo and safety message, “Be a HERO. Be a Designated Driver.”

Sponsors of this year’s HERO Walk include Fabietti, Hale, Hammerstedt & Powers, PA; the Foster-Karney Foundation; Honda USA Foundation; Michael T. Sot Team; Iron Workers Local 399; Team Matt Uhl; Kramer Beverage; Uber; Bayshore Rebar Inc.; Dallas and Di Krapf; Michael Azeez Foundation; AtlantiCare; Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Atlantic City; ShopRite; The John Scarpa Foundation; Glenn Insurance; Carpenters Local 255; Mary Anne Kull; Borgata; ClearChannel Outdoor; IBEW Local 351; Sharon Grunow; Stockton University; Miss Night in Venice Pageant; NJM Insurance Group; Outfront Media; Icona Resorts; Anchorage Tavern; Ocean City PBA; EASRCC Brotherhood of Carpenters; Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Union of NJ; and OceanFirst Bank.

 

For more information on the HERO Campaign, visit herocampaign.org or call 609-626-3880.

 

Bill Elliott of the HERO Campaign receives a ceremonial sponsor check from the Foster-Karney Foundation, represented by Ed Price (second from right), just prior to the start of the HERO Walk and Fun Run on Sunday, October 16, 2022, in Ocean City.

 

Bill Elliott of the HERO Campaign (second from right) receives a ceremonial sponsor check from Fabietti, Hale, Hammerstedt & Powers, PA, represented James Hammerstedt Jr., Nick Williams, and James Hammerstedt Sr. (far right) just prior to the start of the HERO Walk and Fun Run on Sunday, October 16, 2022 in Ocean City.

 

Mark Kramer hands a ceremonial sponsor check to Muriel and Bill Elliott of the HERO Campaign, surrounded by members of the Kramer Beverage team, just prior to the start of the HERO Walk and Fun Run on Sunday, October 16, 2022, in Ocean City.

 

Bill Elliott of the HERO Campaign recognizes Al Uhl, representing Team Matt Uhl, the largest fundraising team of the 2022 HERO Walk and Fund Run, just prior to the start of the Walk in Ocean City on Sunday, October 16, 2022.

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