CHAMBER DAY/EVE 2011 - EVENT UPDATE "B" (posted 4/4 -last updated 3/18)

We lead off with the big reminder: Chamber Day 2011 is Wednesday, May 4.

These event updates are designed to give you a view of all the various aspects of Chamber Day. It's the largest single-day scuba charity event in the United States and we certainly can't do it without everyone pitching in to help.

In a perfect world, it would be great is EVERY diver in the Southern California area gave $100. If that happened (depending on what your estimate is of the active diver pool), we could raise anywhere from $250,000 to $10,000,000 each year. Sadly, the fact of the matter is that while many divers do participate, far more do not.

So if you've already signed up for a boat, or Chamber Eve, or maybe donated to the Challenge, perhaps something you can do is help us get the word out about how valuable and important our Chamber is to the local diving community. We'd hate to think how many more divers might die or be severely and permanently injured if we didn't have our Chamber to rely on 24/7/365.

But safety nets like this come at a price. And is $100 a year too much to ask? We hope not. Do whatever YOU can and then try to prod those within your social circle (and feel free to use Facebook, Twitter, etc.) to action as well.

Here's where we are as of 4PM on Monday, April 4:

CHAMBER DAY BOATS (sponsor)
250 total spots - 93 sold (37%) , 157 still available
Boats can be booked either through the sponsor, the website, or by calling us at the general phone number:

Cee Ray (Reef Seekers & Douglas Dive Club) - 5 sold, 27 available
Giant Stride (Open) - 0 sold, 6 available
Island Clipper (Open) - 0 sold, 10 available
Magician (Sport Chalet) - 20 sold, 8 available
Mr. C (CA Wreck Divers) - 16 sold, 10 available
Pacific Star (Scuba Schools of America) - 5 sold, 25 available
Riviera (Beach Cities Scuba) - 0 sold, 14 available
Sand Dollar (Hollywoodivers) - 6 sold, 20 available
Sea Bass (Deep Sea Supply) - SOLD OUT
Second Stage (Scuba Schools of America) - 0 sold, 6 available
Sundiver (Ocean Adventures) - 14 sold, 12 available
Sundiver Express (Sharky's Eco Dive) - 11 sold, 13 available
Sundiver II (Ch-Day Committee) - SOLD OUT
Westbound (Ocean Adventures) - 0 sold, 6 available

FLYING DUTCHMAN (don’t forget to include your “pirate” name)
Flying Dutchman (Open) - 30 signed up so far

CHAMBER EVENING TABLES (table sponsor & total seats)
500 seats total - 318 sold (64%) , 182 still available
Note that a few tables that are listed as SOLD OUT may actually still have unpaid/available seats through the table sponsor. Please check with them directly. (Table sponsors names are listed in the order they appear in our book because it’s a nightmare to track them in this document any other way.)

Reef Seekers (20) - SOLD OUT
Burbank Dive Club (10) - SOLD OUT
Tom Wetzel LA County (5 - shared) - 1 sold, 4 available
Private Scuba (5 - shared) - 0 sold, 5 available
Beach Cities Scuba (60) - 30 sold, 30 available
Barnacle Busters (10) - 8 sold, 2 available
PCH Scuba (10) - SOLD OUT
LaVerne Eco Dive Club (20) - 0 sold, 20 available
Eco Dive Center (70) - SOLD OUT
LABUE (10) - 6 sold, 4 available
Scuba Schools of America (40) - 0 sold, 40 available
Sport Chalet (20) - 1 sold, 19 available
Deep Sea Supply (10) - SOLD OUT
Hollywoodivers (10) - 0 sold, 10 available
Ocean Adventures (20) - 15 sold, 5 available
DDD/Digital Darkside Divers (10) - SOLD OUT
Ocean Institute (20) - SOLD OUT
Dive Vets (10) - 5 sold, 5 available
Pacific Wilderness (20) - 4 sold, 16 available
Sharky's Eco Diving (10) - SOLD OUT
DiveNav (10) - SOLD OUT
Laguna Sea Dwellers (20) - 5 sold, 15 available
Sole Searchers (10) - 2 sold, 8 available
Long Beach Yacht Club (10) - SOLD OUT
Roddenberry Dive Team (10) - SOLD OUT
Mako Strategies (10 ) - SOLD OUT
Sundiver International (10) - SOLD OUT
Boat Captains & Chamber guests (30) - SOLD OUT

CHAMBER CHALLENGE
TOTAL - $25,893 as of 4/4. Who’s next???

Your Chamber needs you. Join in on the fun!!!!

Ken Kurtis (Chairman)
& the Chamber Day 2011 Committee
www.chamberday.org
(310)652-4990