The room at Linwood Country Club was filled with talk of summer, tasty food, and a most delicious HEROtini: The Designated Driver.
Hosted by sponsor, Glenn Insurance, the night marked another event benefitting the HERO Campaign’s “Holiday HEROes Safe Ride Program”, intended to promote one of the 31 mocktails in the HEROtini Challenge, and the importance of safe and sober driving.
Thanks to the support of their sponsor, Linwood Country Club maintains a strong footing in the contest’s top fifteen rankings as the HERO Campaign recently began to share a weekly leaderboard, highlighting the top establishments. With Tomatoes and CRA Financial retaining the lead, other participants are organizing events to help boost their own rank, while also helping to celebrate the life-saving-role of the designated driver.
Launched by the John R. Elliott HERO Campaign over Memorial Day Weekend, the HEROtini Challenge is a summer-long contest between 31 Atlantic County restaurants and bars, challenging each to create the best “mocktail” in celebration of designated drivers. Participating establishments have planned numerous events to promote their unique HEROtini, including a HERO Day and Celebrity bartending night (with sponsor Gina Freon of Pumpkin Fine Cars and Exotics) on August 6th at Margate’s Bocca Coal Fired Grill, and the Harbor Pines HEROtini Happy Hour & Putting Contest (with sponsor, The Coastal Group of Morgan Stanley) on August 8th.
With the goal of significantly reducing (if not eliminating) DUI incidents in Atlantic County, The HEROtini Challenge is a donate-to-vote contest, the results of which will yield very tangible results for area residents and visitors, alike. The funds raised will support the campaign’s Holiday HEROES Safe Ride Program, providing free and safe rides home locally for patrons of participating establishments over the 2019 holiday season (from Thanksgiving Eve to New Year’s Day), to prevent drinking and driving.
The contest lasts until August 29th, when the ultimate HEROtini Challenge winner will be announced at Linwood Country Club, where the final HEROtini Happening takes place. The establishment to raise the most in donations will take home the highly coveted HEROtini Cup.
To vote for your favorite HEROtini, visit herotini.org
For information about all things relating to the HERO Campaign, follow the HERO Campaign Facebook page, or visit the website: herocampaign.org.
