Posted by The Chamber Day 2000 Committee on March 22, 2000 at 23:08:43:
We have managed to crack the magic $10,000 mark in the Michael Kane $10K Challenge.
For those of you who don't know, Michael (better known as MHK on the Net) has offered to put up $10,000 of his own money is we could raises an equal amount as part of our Chamber Day fundraising efforts (an annual event to benefit the Catalina Hyperbaric Chamber, May 3 this year - website is at "http://wrigley.usc.edu/hyperbaric/cd2000.htm").
IT'S TIME TO PAY UP, MICHAEL!!!!!!!!!!!
But we've got over six weeks still to go. Why stop at $10,000? Can we hit $15,000?? $20,000??? Is there someone else out there with $5K or $10K who would like to help us extend the Challenge?
In any case, the need for funds for our Chamber is always very real. And, to be serious for a moment, there's nothing we'd like better than not to need a Chamber. But the reality is that divers sometimes make mistakes and the Chamber can literally mean the difference between life and death.
If you dive in SoCal waters, you know the vital safety net that our Catalina Hyperbaric Chamber provides. If you don't dive in SoCal, you should still think of making a contribution because every dollar we raise gives some poor diver fighting for his life a better chance at coming through the ordeal successfully.
So as, we always say . . . WHO'S NEXT??????
CONTRIBUTING SINCE OUR LAST POST (NAMES WITHOUT AN AMOUNT LISTED ARE $100):
Bret Marquis
Pat & Charlotte McDuffee
John Roodenburg ($50)
Tom & Nancy Caruso
Roy & Linda Houston ($50)
Beth Clark
California Endowment ($280 - additional donation)
(Updated as of 3/22/00 11:00PM - last posted 3/18/00 9:15PM )
CUMULATIVE TOTAL TO DATE - $10,395 donated by:
1. Pete Pehl
2. Reef Seekers Dive Co., Beverly Hills
3. Ken Kurtis
4. Brett Taylor ($25)
5. Don Banas ($250)
6. Dr. Robert Rhodes
7. Troy Bagwell ($1000)
8. The Sea Divers ($150)
9. Dr. Bernard & Gloria Salick ($500)
10. Art Greenberg ($200)
11. John Gordon ($500)
12. David Scott ($50)
13. SCUBA Show 2000
14. George & Fran Ollweiler
15. eScuba.com
16. NAUI ($1000)
17. Malibu Divers
18. R.A. Buck
19. Sand Dollar Diving Charters ($150)
20. Jeanne Sleeper
21. Brian LoBue & Irene Hashimoto ($500)
22. Sharon Wallin/Nixie Smith
23. Chris Rybak
24. ARCO Foundation (matching grant)
25. Lost Patrol
26. John Delaney ($500)
27. Ann Geiger/Tari Hanneman ($50)
28. The California Endowment (matching grant - $140)
29. Al Wells
30. Jeff Hunter
31. Warren Iliff
32. Barnacle Busters
33. Dive 'N Surf - ($200)
34. Jim Krasne - ($500)
35. Scuba Divers Network - ($200)
36. John Wentworth ($200)
37. Scuba Schools of America - Montclair ($500)
38. Caruso’s Critter Care
39. Tom Wetzel
40. Honeywell (matching grant - $250)
41. Jim Racanelli ($500)
42. Anne Koepf
43. Bret Marquis
44. Pat & Charlotte McDuffee
45. John Roodenburg ($50)
46. Tom & Nancy Caruso
47. Roy & Linda Houston ($50)
48. Beth Clark
49. California Endowment ($280 - additional donation)
Many thanks to all. There's still space for YOUR name and donation.
E-mail to this address or call us at 310/652-4990.
THE CHAMBER DAY 2000 COMMITTEE