What a nice way to start the week. We made it past $80,000!!! Can $85K be far behind??? Once again this week, we underscore the value of corporate matching funds.

We start with a wonderful Gold-level donation from the duo of Allison Vitsky Sallmon & Andy Sallmon, long time supporters of our Catalina Hyperbaric Chamber. And because Allison works for Pfizer, there’s also a matching $1,000 coming from the company because they have a very active matching grant program. So thank you all.

We also have another longtime contributor checking back in at the Silver level today and that is Ethan Bush. Like the Sallmons, Ethan has been a regular supporter of our Catalina Hyperbaric Chamber for many years and it’s great to add his name back to our list this year.

So how about you? We have 16 days to go until Chamber Day 2022 (May 4) and we’ve still got a fair amount of fund-raising to do. I don’t know if we can beat last year’s record or not, but with your help, we can sure give it a try. More importantly, the entire effort goes to ensure that anytime you or a friend is out diving in SoCal waters, you can rest assured that if something goes wrong, our Chamber will be standing at the ready to help.

The need for public support of our Chamber is very real. We hope we’ll get yours. Here’s the direct link to make that happen: https://usc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cTKwbhUykVzL95Q

CHAMBER CHALLENGE 2022 - $81,445 total (Updated 4/18/2022 @ 8AM)
New donors are marked with an asterisk.

Diamond ($10,000 and up)
Glenn Suhd
Antelope Valley Desert Divers (AVDD)

Platinum ($5,000-9,999)
In memory of Mark Tulin (John & Nanaz Turney)
Beach Cities Scuba
Cyd Yonker
E. & J. Gallo Winery match (Yonker)
In memory of Dr. Jeff Sipsey (Anonymous)
Mike Emmerman, Pat Stockhausen, & TJ
Andrew Pilmanis

Gold ($1,000-4,999)
* Allison Vitsky Sallmon & Andy Sallmon
* Pfizer match (Sallmon)
Dr. Susy Horowitz
Apple match (Siebler)
D.A.N. (Divers Alert Network)
In memory of Dr. Jeff Sipsey (John Delaney)
Jim Collins
Pacific Wilderness
In memory of Dottie Frazier, WDHOF member & diving pioneer (Jeanne Sleeper)
In memory of Andrew Ainslie (Jeremy & Marlo Wolf Family Foundation)

Silver ($500-999)
* Ethan Bush
Scott Barnes
Mark Stabb
Doug Lada
Dr. Nick & Kim Bird
IQVIA Biotech match (Bird)
Catalina Island Marine Institute/Catalina Sea Camp
Michael Madden
Roy Houston
Gary Williams
Ron & Angi Burkard
Phillips 66 / 76 match (Burkard)
Brad Crocker
Larry Thompson
In memory of Lee Somers, PhD (Karl Huggins)
Don Lake
Rex Uber

Bronze ($100-499)
Maureen Sweeney
Jacqueline Tregre
David Hilton
In memory of Dr. Bill Bushing (Dr. Susy Horowitz)
In memory of Dirk Burcham (Dr. Susy Horowitz)
Denis Brailovskiy
Dana Rodda
In memory of Skip Tucker (Laura Konowalski)
Stuart Berryhill
Brad Callaway
Christopher Jenkins
Lisa Beach
Rane Colvin
Laurie Kasper
John Bibb
Dennis Sandoval
Peter Croke
Matt Levinson
Michael Lewis
Chris Liebl
Doug Iversen
Erin Quigley
Ann Close
Barnacle Busters LGBTQ Scuba Club
In memory of Tom Wetzel (Tabby Stone & Linda Takvorian)
In memory of Matt Cahill (Anthony Bailey)
In memory of Isaac (Melissa Foo)
Gary Sterling
Jean & Jerry Kasper
Wendell Cole
In honor of Di Krall (Kirsten Jenkins)
Debbie Karimoto
David Osorio
Craig Wood
Mike Couffer
Justin Jolly
Ellen Berman
Henry Gittler & Lisette Lieberman
Sharon Depriester
Jens Rubschlager
Roger Carlson
David Kasprzyk
Richard Miller
Cindy Shaw
Mark Perlstein

Other (less than $100)
Karl Ross
Victor Perez
Brock Dewey
Dan & Betty Orr
In memory of Patrick Bennett (Laura Priess)
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Ken Kurtis – Chairman
Chamber Day/Eve 2022
P.O. Box 634
Beverly Hills, CA 90213
(310)652-4990