It's been a quiet week donation-wise so I can only assume that either everyone was focused on taxes or that many of you have fallen asleep. So two things:

1. Tax time is now behind you and you can rack up charitable contributions for next year. And . . .
2. WAKE UP!!!!

In all seriousness, we're getting down to crunch time and we've lost a little momentum. We're now inside of two week until Chamber Day (Wednesday, May 4, in case you forgot) and we really need to pick the pace back up. We've got room for you everywhere and the simple question to ask is: What's your Chamber worth to you?

Your donations, whether it's for a boat ride, a dinner ticket, a Challenge contribution, buying a t-shirt, or whatever, really do help keep our Chamber on solid financial footing. And when you remember that this is an election year, and you hear politicians talking about areas of government support that they can cut, you've got to believe that our little grant from L.A. County may fall prey to the budget ax. And that's why YOUR contribution is all that ore critical.

So please get to our website and give what you can. If everybody who dives in SoCal just gave $100 each year, we'd be rolling in dough. But they don't. And that's why we're counting on YOU. Please do the right thing.

Here’s where we are as of 1PM on 4/22/16:

CHAMBER DAY BOATS (sponsor)
162 total spots - 80 sold (49%), 82 still available
Boats can be booked either through the sponsor, the website, or by calling us at the general phone number:

Asante (Scubatude) - SOLD OUT
Cee Ray (Reef Seekers & Douglas Dive Club) - 18 sold, 12 available
Giant Stride (LAUPS) - SOLD OUT
Hattitude (Open) - SOLD OUT
Pacific Star (Dive 'N Surf) - 13 sold, 17 available
Perfect Mistress (Malibu Divers) - SOLD OUT
Second Stage (Open) - SOLD OUT
Sundiver (Open) - 0 sold, 23 available
Sundiver Express (Sharky's Eco Diving) - 10 sold, 13 available
Westerly (Open) - 3 sold, 17 available

FLYING DUTCHMAN (don't forget to include your “pirate” name)
Flying Dutchman (Open) - 59 signed up so far

CHAMBER EVENING TABLES (table sponsor & total seats)
500 seats total - 311 sold (62%) , 159 still available
Each table is listed individually with the number of seats (out of 10 total) still available. Sponsors with multiple tables have multiple table listings. Not all groups have updated their count with us so some tables may have less seats available than what we have listed. 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.)

Pacific Wilderness #1 - SOLD OUT
Pacific Wilderness #2 - 4 sold, 6 available
Tom Wetzel - 3 sold, 7 available
Beach Cities Scuba #1 - SOLD OUT
Beach Cities Scuba #2 - SOLD OUT
Beach Cities Scuba #3 - SOLD OUT
Beach Cities Scuba #4 - 6 sold, 4 available
PADI - SOLD OUT
Sole Searchers - 1 sold, 9 available
Laguna Sea Dwellers #1 - 7 sold, 3 available
Laguna Sea Dwellers #2 - 0 sold, 10 available
Barnacle Busters - 6 sold, 4 available
Dive 'N Surf - 6 sold, 4 available
Ocean Institute #1 - SOLD OUT
Ocean Institute #2 - SOLD OUT
Women Divers HOF - 4 sold, 6 available
DDD - 7 sold, 3 available
Liquid Adrenaline Divers - 7 sold, 3 available
Scubatude #1 - SOLD OUT
Scubatude #2 - 2 sold, 8 available
LABUE - SOLD OUT
Deep Blue #1 - SOLD OUT
Deep Blue #2 - SOLD OUT
PCH Scuba #1 - SOLD OUT
PCH Scuba #2 - SOLD OUT
PCH Scuba #3 - 4 sold, 6 available
PCH Scuba #4 - 0 sold, 10 available
Hollywood Divers - SOLD OUT
Ocean Adventures #1 - SOLD OUT
Ocean Adventures #2 - 1 sold, 9 available
Antelope Valley Desert Divers #1 - SOLD OUT
Antelope Valley Desert Divers #2 - 4 sold, 6 available
Antelope Valley Desert Divers #3 - SOLD OUT
Reef Seekers Dive Co. - 5 sold, 5 available
Eco Dive #1 - SOLD OUT
Eco Dive #2 - 8 sold, 2 available
Channel Island Dive Adventure #1 - SOLD OUT
Channel Island Dive Adventure #2 - 8 sold, 2 available
Pacific Explorers - 3 sold, 7 available
Dive & Photo - SOLD OUT
So. Orange Co. Dive Club - 2 sold, 8 available
OPEN (unaffiliated) - 8 sold, 2 available
Kyaa Heller/Sundiver International #1 - 8 sold, 2 available
Kyaa Heller/Sundiver International #2 - 0 sold, 10 available
Sharky's Eco Diving #1 - SOLD OUT
Sharky's Eco Diving #2 - 2 sold, 8 available
Boat Captains, Chamber volunteers, & Chamber guests (4 tables) - SOLD OUT

CHAMBER CHALLENGE DONATIONS
TOTAL - $33,765 as of 4/22. (Includes $1,050 not yet officially announced.) Who’s next???

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

Ken Kurtis (Chairman)
& the Chamber Day 2016 Committee
www.chamberday.org
(310)652-4990