Posted by The Chamber Day 2000 Committee on April 29, 2000 at 10:35:30:
As Chamber Day approaches (this Wednesday, May 3) we inch ever closer to the magic $20,000 mark in the MHK Challenge. (And that's NOT counting the $10K Michael Kane kicks in as his side of the Challenge.)
If you've already donated . . . thanks again. Call a friend who has yet to make a donation and apply some verbal persuasion. If you haven't donated yet, please be aware that to be guaranteed to be listed in the official Chamber Day/Evening program, pledges for donations must be received (either through Reef Seekers Dive co., the coordinating store, at 310/652-4990 . . . or by e-mail at ChmaberDay@aol.com) no later than Sunday, April 30, at 6PM PDT. (We're happy to take donations after that time, but we just can't guarantee we'll be able to get your name in the program, due to lead time for printing.)
Also remember that ALL the funds raised here go to support the USC Catalina Hyperbaric Chamber, a crucial safety net for all those who dive Southern California waters.
Now . . . who's gonna join these folks to put us over $20,000?????????
CONTRIBUTING SINCE OUR LAST POST (NAMES WITHOUT AN AMOUNT LISTED ARE $100):
John Corso
J. Gregory Brown & Co. ($500)
Steve Kenney & Rosiemarie Cruz
Jordan Biener
Avery Jean Wright
(Updated as of 4/29/00 10:25AM - last posted 4/28/00 10:10AM)
CUMULATIVE TOTAL TO DATE - $19,300 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
57. California Artificial Reef Enhancement (CARE) Program ($1250)
58. Bob “Hoot” Gibson
59. Niki Dantine
60. Terry L. May ($150)
61. Charles Osbourne
62. Whalers Dive Club ($500)
63. Kendal Raine ($1000)
64. Michael J. Blitch ($5)
65. Sarasue Essenpries
66. Steve Clark ($50)
67. Erin Quigley
68. Joe Takahashi
69. Shaeffer Family ($200)
70. Rick Hyde ($30)
71. Mimi & Moshe Ovadya ($50)
72. Hal Greenberg
73. Scott Stolnitz
74. Murray Kaufman
75. Mike Green ($20)
76. Anne McCourt ($50)
77. National YMCA Scuba Program ($200)
79. Douglas Dive Club ($200)
80. John Corso
81. J. Gregory Brown & Co. ($500)
82. Steve Kenney & Rosiemarie Cruz
83. Jordan Biener
84. Avery Jean Wright
An enormous thanks to all.
THE CHAMBER DAY 2000 COMMITTEE