"Hurley in the Morning" Inaugural Golf Open
Helps Support the HERO Campaign …

MAYS LANDING, NEW JERSEY - The "Hurley in the Morning" Inaugural Golf Open, held on June 20, 2008 at The Mays Landing Golf and Country Club raised $23,000 in net proceeds, which will directly benefit local charities.

The Hero Campaign for Designated Drivers® is one of the organizations benefitting from the tournament. Harry Hurley presented to Bill Elliott a check for $7000 on Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at 8:35 a.m., live on-the-air, during the "Hurley In the Morning" radio program.

Harry Hurley’s contribution will help fund highway billboards to promote the HERO Campaign and its message: Be a HERO. Be a Designated Driver. “We want to make having a designated driver as automatic as wearing a seatbelt,” said Bill Elliott, chairman and founder of the HERO Campaign.

"I want to take this opportunity to thank the community, our fabulous tournament committee and generous contributors," said event founder and chairman Harry Hurley, Host of the "Hurley in the Morning" radio program, weekday mornings on WIBG 1020 AM Radio. "This was an absolute joy from start-to-finish, and our end results have exceeded all expectations."

The 2nd Annual "Hurley in the Morning Golf Open" is already scheduled for Friday, June 19, 2009 at The Mays Landing Golf and Country Club, 1855 Cates Road in Mays Landing, New Jersey.

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