I am pleased to report that we've made it past $40,000. I am dismayed to report that it took us NINE days to get here from $35,000. This is not the time to slow down. This is the time pick up the pace. And we hope your name (and donation) will join these good folks to help keep our Chamber strong.

We start with a SECOND donation from the Ocean Institute folks and specifically aimed at purchasing one of the BIBS masks (of 10) that we need. 1 down, 9 to go.

We also welcome Pacific Wilderness to the list of $1,000 (Gold) sponsors, a place they tend to occupy each year. It’s always great when dive shops step up and show their support with a cash contribution.

Plus we've got a number of people joining at the Poster level ($250) as well as Bronze ($100-199) and it all goes to show how, when you add up the big, the medium, and even the small donations, good things happens and lots of money can be raised. So who's willing to add their name to the list? Can you sponsor a BIBS mask? Perhaps you’d like a poster? Enter your amount through this link: https://www.alumniconnections.com/olc/pub/SCA/events/event_order.cgi?tmpl=events&event=2360392%20

Who's next????????

CHAMBER CHALLENGE 2013 - $40,062 total (posted 4/25/13 @ 6PM - last updated 4/16)
New donors are in bold type and marked with an asterisk.

Platinum ($5,000-9,999 - includes 25th anniversary poster)
Ocean Institute
Michael Kane
Mike Emmerman, Pat Stockhausen, & TJ

BIBS MASKS ($1,525)
* #1 - Ocean Institute

Gold ($1,000-4,999 - includes 25th anniversary poster)
* Pacific Wilderness
Eco Dive Center
Robert Wagner
Hollywoodivers
Laurie Kasper & Ken Kurtis
Beach Cities Scuba
John Delaney III
Sport Chalet
Antelope Valley Desert Divers

Silver ($500-999 - includes 25th anniversary poster)
James Whipple
NAUI
Karl Huggins
Susy Horowitz
Eo Ong & Paul Thompson

Poster ($250-499 - includes 25th anniversary poster)
* In memory of Kevin Flanagan
* J. Quinn Ruddick
* Joe Takahashi
* Angi Burkhard
* Conoco-Philips matching grant
* Rex Uber
LAUPS (L.A. Underwater Photographic Society)
Dan & Betty Orr
Ocean Adventures
Selky Charters (Sundiver II)
Chris Rybak
Conoco-Philips matching grant
Roy & Linda Houston
Stuart Berryhill
Jeanne Sleeper
In memory of Fran Ollweiler
Stephen Benevides
Robert Newman

Bronze ($100-499)
* Fin Bevan
* Michael madden
* Laguna Sea Dwellers
* Carol Yin
* Barnacle Busters
* In memory of William H. Ginsberg
* Mark Stabb
* Dr. James Blake
Claudette Dorsey
Gary Sanders
Derek Smith
Sue Ollweiler
www.IndianValleyScuba.com
Leslie Thompson
Kevin Augarten
Jerry Nickelsburg
Gorman Dive Adventures & Travel
Jing Yuen Yeo
Dana Rodda
Michael Faust
Watson Family Trusts
Patrick Smith & Cindy Shaw

Other (less than $100)
Jacques-Yves Couleaud
Faye Brenner
Brock Dewey
Little girl at Divers Day ($2)
SCDCIE

Ken Kurtis
Chairman, Chamber Day/Eve 2013
& the entire Chamber Day 2013 Committee
www.chamberday.org
310/652-4990

• PUSH THE CHALLENGE TOWARDS $45,000