GALLOWAY (June 7, 2012) – Bars and taverns all along the Jersey Shore are joining the HERO Campaign’s drive to keep people safe this summer by supporting the organization’s push to put designated drivers behind the wheel. Tavern owners are doing their part by providing free nonalcoholic beverages to designated drivers in a summer campaign  … Read more

By: Dino Flammia, Wednesday June 6, 2012 In an effort to promote the use of safe and sober designated drivers this summer, the HERO campaign’s Jersey Shore program is asking bars to join the cause. More than 150 bars have already signed up for the Jersey Shore HEROES Program, and hundreds more are expected.   “Bars and taverns  … Read more

Galloway, N.J. – Christine Padovani never thought she would have her picture on a 60-foot billboard.  That’s before she became a hero.  Christine, a junior at Richard Stockton College of New Jersey and Lacey Township resident, was selected as the outstanding Designated Driver HERO for 2012 by the College and will have her picture displayed  … Read more

By ROB SPAHR Staff Writer pressofAtlanticCity.com The HERO Campaign is traveling from city to city to promote a new program targeting the very place it started and is best known: the Jersey Shore. “There are about 1,500 bars between Sandy Hook and Cape May,” said Bill Elliott, the campaign’s founder and chairman. “And, in a  … Read more

Be A Jersey Shore Hero billboard sits on the expressway heading into Atlantic City By STEVEN LEMONGELLO, Staff Writer pressofAtlanticCity.com The HERO Campaign has been invaluable in promoting the use of designated drivers statewide. But this summer, organizers are zeroing in on a place close to home — the Jersey Shore. The organization, based in  … Read more

FOXBOROUGH, Mass (January 2, 2012) – The New England Patriots were recognized by Bill and Mur Elliott, founders of the HERO Campaign, and Jill Pepper, executive director of TEAM Coalition, at Sunday’s game for setting a new record this season, a record with life-saving consequences that extend far beyond the end of the game. Following the  … Read more

NY Football Giants, RCA Insurance Group, Group One Investments, New York Jets, and State & Local Law Enforcement  Pledge Support of Holiday HEROES Hackensack, NJ – November 22, 2011 — The Bergen County Sheriff’s Office and a coalition of law enforcement agencies, colleges, bar and tavern owners, and the New York Football Giants and New York Jets,  … Read more

Bridgeport, CT – A drunk driving prevention campaign that seeks to recruit designated driver “heroes” is coming to Bridgeport in response to a controversial billboard displayed recently in the Black Rock section. The HERO Campaign for Designated Drivers, dedicated to a young Navy officer killed by a drunken driver, is displaying four billboards with the message,  … Read more