CHAMBER CHALLENGE 2011 - UPDATE #11 - $46,648 (posted 4/30 - last updated 4/25)

We've passed $46,000 . . .

And now we're getting down to crunch time as we've got less than a week to go. The big question: Can we pass $50,000??? (The answer is "yes" but only with the collective help of everyone who reads this e-mail.)

We start off by announcing a brand new Gold sponsor - the Catalina Express. They understand the important connection between the Chamber and the dive community and they’re willing to step in and help out.

We also welcome back two returning Silvers sponsors, Rex Uber and Jim Krasne. Interestingly, in separate conversations with each of them, they both say they don't dive as much as they'd like to (or used to) but that they still understand how vital their support of the Chamber is to the diving community of which they’re still part.

So how about you? How about $100, $500, or even $1000??? So who's next??? Who will help push us past $47,000?

CHAMBER CHALLENGE 2011 - $46,648 total (Updated 4/30 @ Noon - last updated 4/25)
New donors are in bold type and marked with an asterisk
Donations made in memory of Mark Tulin have (MT) after the donor's name
(Of the Challenge total, $19,623 of that amount so far has been donated in Mark's memory)

Diamond ($10,000 and up)
Michael Kane (MT)

Platinum ($5,000-9,999)
Ocean Institute
Mike Emmerman, Pat Stockhausen, & TJ Emmerman

Gold ($1,000-4,999)
* Catalina Express
The Herndon family (MT)
The Bozanic Family (MT)
The Roddenberry Foundation
Hollywoodivers
Scuba.com
Robert Wagner
John Delaney
Beach Cities Scuba
Pacific Wilderness
Laurie Kasper & Ken Kurtis (MT)
Sport Chalet

Silver ($500-999)
* Rex Uber
* Jim Krasne
Don Lake
James Whipple
Valerie Ackerman (MT)
Ocean Adventures (MT)
California Diving News (MT)
Dave Carver (MT)
Jeanne Sleeper (MT)
Karl Huggins (MT)
Eo Ong & the Burbank Dive Club
Robin McMunn

Bronze ($100-499)
* In memory of Richard Christensen
* Gorman Dive Adventures & Travel
* Christopher & Carolyn Von Der Ahe (MT)
* Grant Graves (MT)
Wendy Mitchell & Andrea Horwatt (MT)
Billy Wright (MT)
John Corso (MT)
Laguna Sea Dwellers
In memory of Tomas Rosenfeld
Allen Dekelbaum, MD
In memory of Dr. Susan Grant
Lindy Yow
Karen Cleveland
Bluewater Divers
Joel Geldin
Layne Ballard
Joe Takahashi (MT)
Gary Sanders
Sharon Depriester
Kevin Locke (MT)
Michael Madden (MT)
Beverly Evanson (MT)
Dr. Lani Ackerman-Kalla (MT)
Susy Horowitz (MT)
Roy & Linda Houston (MT)
Michael Swinney (MT)
Jimmy Silveria (MT)
Tabby Stone (MT)
Richard Brickman (MT)
Barnacle Busters (MT)
Douglas Dive Club
Dan Orr (MT)
Angi & Ron Burkard (MT)
Angi Conoco-Philips match (MT)
Captain Tim Burke - Great Escape (MT)
Kodi-Wan Kenobi (MT)
Debbie Husby (MT)
www.IndianValleyScuba.com
Dana Rodda
Kevin Augarten
In memory of Fran Ollweiler
South Orange County Dive Club
Jerry Nickelsburg (MT)
Captain Derek Erickson (MT)
Dr. Diane Witmer
Chris Rybak
Conoco-Phillips (matching grant)
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Kenneth Kopp/www.divematrix.com
Steve Benavides

Others (under $100)
* Annette Lohman
Peter "Hopper" Stone (MT)
Mary-Lou Quinn & JP Pylkkanen (MT)
Anonymous
Betsy Suttle (MT)
Anonymous
Jeri Braviroff (MT)
Giddle Partridge (MT)
Samantha Tulin (MT)
Elyssa Espinoza (MT)
Mark Weitz (MT)
Robert Sax (MT)
Bob Sanders (MT)
Dr. Jan Brook-Meyers (MT)
Jing Yeo
Kaz Aizawa (MT)
Sabrina Smith (MT)
Alan Wald (MT)
Gerald Winkel (MT)

Ken Kurtis
Chairman, Chamber Day/Eve 2011
& the entire Chamber Day 2011 Committee
www.chamberday.org
310/652-4990