Posted by Chamber Day Committee on April 13, 2001 at 11:59:59:
Hopefully you're having a lucky Friday the 13th and we are, too, as the Michael Kane $10K Chamber Challenge to benefit the Catalina Hyperbaric Chamber (part of the overall festivities of Chamber Day/Eve, May 2) is just shy of $13,000. (Not sure if there's any significance in that or not.)
Some people have e-mailed us and wondered why this chamber needs a fund-raiser like this when others don't. The point is remember is that this chamber, unlike other hyperbaric facilities, is NOT affiliated with a hospital. Their sole purpose is to treat diving injuries. They don't have the luxury of getting additional income from treating burn cases, surgeries, etc., as do other hospital-based chambers.
And that's why Chamber Day, Chamber Evening, and the Challenge become so important to our Catalina Chamber.
YOU can truly make a difference be either signing up for one of the boats on May 2 (remember that the Encore will run on Monday, April 30), attending Chamber Evening at the fabulous Aquarium of the Pacific, contributing to the Challenge, buying raffle tickets . . . or some combination of those.
But the point is GET INVOLVED!!!! Don't sit back and wait for someone else to do it. We're less than three weeks away from the event and we need your help. The question is . . . Are you willing to step forward and respond?
So, WHO'S NEXT??????
The Chamber Day Committee
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2001 MICHAEL KANE $10K CHAMBER CHALLENGE
(Updated & posted as of 4/13/01 11:45AM - last posted 4/9/01 10:15AM)
TOTAL TO DATE - $12,625
New contributors:
1. Scott & Cindy Stolnitz ($100)
2. Kathryn Kempton ($100)
3. Arno Deinhart (additional $25)
4. Angi Froehlich ($100)
5. TOSCO ($100 -matching grant for Angi)
6. Robert & Laura Mosqueda ($100)
7. David Houck ($1000)
Donors to date:
*** GOLD ($1000 and up) ***
NAUI (National Association of Underwater Instructors)
PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors)
Don Lake
Mike Emmerman & Patricia Stockhausen
Kendal Raine
Troy Bagwell
Terry May
David Houck
*** SILVER ($500 and up) ***
Reef Seekers Dive Co.
Scuba Schools of America - Montclair
Jim Krasne
*** BRONZE ($100 and up) ***
Sand Dollar Diving Charters
Lost Patrol Dive Club
Niki Dantine
Sarasue Essenpries
Dr. Robert Rhodes
Jeff Hunter
Brad Calaway
Saint Brendan Corp./California Diving News
Jeanne Bear Sleeper
The Sea Divers
Sharon Wallin & Nixie Smith
George & Fran Ollweiler
Gary Romanik
Frank Farmer
Barnacle Busters
Randy Barker
Warren Iliff
Stephen F. Kenney
Joe Takahashi
Bret Marquis
Louis W. Weisberg, MD
Malibu Divers
Beth Clark
Scott & Cindy Stolnitz
Kathryn Kempton
Angi Froehlich
TOSCO
Robert & Laura Mosqueda
Other contributors (less than $100)
Arno Dienhart
Barbara Bridges