[CHAMBER DAY & EVE 2012 - WEDNESDAY, MAY 2 - SAVE THE DATE!!!]

While our update yesterday illustrated the power of individual contributions, the update today illustrates the power of an organization banding their individual members together to make a powerful impact.

Hat's off to Eco Dive Center in Culver City who Tuesday night handed Karl Huggins a check for $6,460 . . . and they say they've STILL collecting funds.

Eco decided this year that, instead of taking tables at Ch-Eve, they would concentrate their efforts on getting their customers to collectively donate to our Chamber. They've run some promotions and giveaways and taken some straight donations and have come up with this impressive sum, which pushes us over $15,000 total!!!

But their efforts in mobilizing their customer base show how important it is for stores and clubs to get behind this effort to raise funds for our Chamber. Those of you who are in charge of such institutions have a closer relationship with your customer/member base than anyone else in this industry does. And if something like supporting our Chamber is important to you, and you tell your customer base how important it is, they'll join you in that support.

So we hope many of you will follow the example of Eco Dive Center (if you haven't started doing so already) by asking your folks to pitch in and support our Chamber. So who’s next? Who will help get us closer to $20,000?

CHAMBER CHALLENGE 2012 - $15,135 total (Updated 4/3/12 @ 11PM - last updated 4/2)
New donors are in bold type and marked with an asterisk.
Donations made in memory of Roger Hess have (RH) after the donor's name

Platinum ($5,000 - 9,999)
* Eco Dive Center

Gold ($1,000 - 4,999)
Ken Kurtis & Laurie Kasper (RH)
Beach Cities Scuba
Sport Chalet
John Delaney

Silver ($500-999)
Robin McMunn
Angi Burkard & Conoco-Phillips
Eo Ong & the Burbank Dive Club
Karl Huggins
Susy Horowitz

Bronze ($100-499)
In memory of Fran Ollweiler
Stuart Berryhill
Cindy Shaw & Patrick Smith
Michael Faust
Leslie Holtman
Danny Peters
Joe Takahashi (RH)
Jerry Nickelsburg
Claudette Dorsey
Kevin Augarten
Joel Geldin
Stephen Benavides
Dana Rodda
k-;)
Dr. Allen Dekelboum

Other (under $100)
In memory of Shannon Terese Roys
Walt Schob

Ken Kurtis (Chairman, Chamber Day/Eve 2012)
& the entire Chamber Day 2012 Committee
www.chamberday.org
310/652-4990