Posted by The Chamber Day 2000 Committee on March 29, 2000 at 11:31:06:
We are delighted to announced that the Coalition for Enhanced Marine Resources (CEMR) has stepped up to the plate with a generous $1000 donation to the MHK Challenge as part of our overall Chamber Day fundraising activities to benefit the Catalina Hyperbaric Chamber. (Chamber Day itself is May 3.)
CEMR is an environmental group based in Sacramento, dedicated to trying to preserve the teeming artificial reefs that have grown on the offshore oil platforms that dot the California coastline. CEMR's main efforts have been directed to lobbying for the passage of SB 241 which, in short form, would set up an endowment fund for marine resources protection, funding coming from allowing oil companies to donate a substantial sum to the fun in return for allowing the underwater portion of the oil rigs to remain in place once the rig's been decommissioned, instead of having the companies remove the entire rig, all the way down to the sea floor. (More info about CEMR and SB 241 can be found at "www.preservereefs.org".)
Since four of those platforms are just off of Huntington Beach, CEMR's donation is a logical one because as these rigs become more and more accessible to divers, the potential need for a facility like the Catalina Hyperbaric Chamber for divers diving these rigs becomes quite clear. We appreciate their support
You, too, can become a supporter of the Chamber by making a donation to the MHK Challenge. We've now got $15,000 within reach but we can't make it without your help. And in the unlikely event that either your or a friend ever need the services of our Chamber, this will be an investment that will be invaluable.
WHO'S NEXT????
CONTRIBUTING SINCE OUR LAST POST (NAMES WITHOUT AN AMOUNT LISTED ARE $100):
Coalition for Enhanced Marine Resources ($1000)
Paradise Lifestyles
Brad Calaway
(Updated as of 3/29/00 10:50AM - last posted 3/27/00 12:20PM)
CUMULATIVE TOTAL TO DATE - $13,795 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)
50. Mike Emmerman/Pat Stockhausen ($1000)
51. Angi Froelich
52. PADI ($1000)
53. Keni Cyr-Rumble
54. Coalition for Enhanced Marine Resources ($1000)
55. Paradise Lifestyles
56. Brad Calaway
THE CHAMBER DAY 2000 COMMITTEE