What a jump!!! We’re approaching $50,000!!! And it REALLY underscores the value to our Chamber if your company has a matching grant program.

We’ve only got one donation to acknowledge today but it’s a doozy. Cyd Yonker, a Chamber Crew member AND a member of our steering committee, has again this year donated $5,000. And what makes this even sweeter is that the company she works for, EJ Gallo (yes, THAT Gallo), has a matching grant program so they’re adding $5,000 of theirs on top of the $5,000 of years. So that makes this a $10K jump.

And while we know everyone can’t afford $5,000 and while we know every company doesn’t have a matching grant program, the point is that there are plenty of companies that DO have these programs, even in these COVID times. So your $100 becomes $200, your $500 becomes $1,000, your $1,000 becomes $2,000, and – as is the case here with Cyd’s generous donation – your $5,000 becomes $10,000.

So be sure to check with your company to see if they have a similar program in place. Because we know you want to support your Chamber and this is a great way for you t double that support.

Here’s where we are this afternoon as we wait for more of you to click the link and add your name (and possible that of your company) to our list of Challenge donors: https://usc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_dp3rzL7cVCFp1rM .

CHAMBER CHALLENGE 2021 - $47,520
(total on 3/27/2021 as of 2PM - previous update 3/24)
New donors are marked with a bullet.

Platinum ($5,000-9,999)
• Cyd Yonker
• EJ Gallo (Yonker match)
Susy Horowitz
John & Nanaz Turney
Andrew Pilmanis
Beach Cities Scuba

Gold ($1,000-4,999)
Jeremy & Marlo Wolf Family Fund
SOCDC (South Orange County Dive Club)
John Delaney
In honor of Dan Rood (DiveVets)
Brett Eldridge
Pacific Wilderness
Dr. Ilan Tamir

Silver ($500-999)
In memory of Lee Somers (Martha Somers)
Anonymous XXI
In memory of Tom Wetzel (Patti Wetzel)
Ethan Bush
Honoring all the fallen in our diving community (Kevin Glenn)
In memory of Rod “Nasty” Francis (Kimberly Marotta)
Honoring Hope Turney’s 100th birthday celebration (Jill Boivin)
In memory of Lee Somers, PhD (Karl Huggins)
Don Lake
In honor of AOP Husbandry & Dive staff (Jeanne Sleeper)
James Collins
Larry Thompson

Bronze ($100-499)
zen dive co
Tom Gordon
Jean & Jerry Kasper
Rachel Lance
Keith Urashima
Susan Harris
Michael Kennedy
Workday Inc. (matching Kennedy)
Mark Perlstein
Tabby Stone & Linda Takvorian
In memory of Bonnie Cardone (Michele & Howard Hall)
Sandra Stewart
James Hayward
Jarrett Lee
In memory of Annette Hench (Ron Hench)
Michael Slavinsky
Peter Croke
Callie Mack
In memory of Marian Bower (David Bower)
Erin Quigley
John Dawson
Captain Kyaa Heller
Fiona Macfarlane
Dana Rodda
Debbie Karimoto
Richard Miller
Cindy Shaw
In memory of Di Krall (Laurie Kasper)
Laura Priess
In memory of Josh Bouma (DJ Mansfield)
Roger Carlson
Sharon DePriester
In honor of Malyssa Perkins (Rob Peyton)
Honoring Eileen Kenney, COVID fighter (Frank Horowitz)

Other (less than $100)
In memory of Shirley Healey (Dee Wilson)
In memory of Rod P.I. Francis (Luis Estenfania)
Dan & Betty Orr
William Edman
Debbie Rubin
Brock Dewey
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Ken Kurtis - Chairman
Chamber Day/Eve 2021
P.O. Box 634
Beverly Hills, CA 90213
(310)652-4990