We slid past $50,000!!! Our slow-down last week had me a little worried but it’s nice to see that we’ve picked up the pace a bit.

We start off with a pair of Gold-level $1,000 contributions. The first is from longtime supporters of our Chamber, Jeremy & Marlo Wolf and the Wolf Family Foundation. This donation is made in memory of David Wolf and also serves as a reminder that you can make a donation to remember someone special to you. The second donation is from a first-time contributor (as far as we can tell) in the personage of Stephen Raganold and we certainly appreciate that our message of supporting our Chamber has resonated with him.

We also have two Silver-level $500 contributions, also from a veteran and a newbie. The newbie is the Beach Cities Scuba dive club, Dive 949 & West Coast Tec Divers. Beach Cities supports this event in a big way on many levels and it’s good to have their club amongst the donors as well. The veteran is Ethan Bush who has been a regular contributor and who, also as a Dive Team Leader at the Aquarium of the Pacific, knows the importance our Chamber can play should their ever be an accident that needs to be dealt with.

We’ve got plenty of room to add more of you to this list. We want to again remind you that 2024 marks the 50th anniversary of our Chamber serving SoCal divers and we’d like to make the Challenge this year a record-breaking one. Will you help out and add your name? This is the direct link to the donation page: https://usc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_88ko1OUej3lAYbI

CHALLENGE 2024 - $51,175 total (as of 3/26/2024 @ 7PM)
New donors are marked with an asterisk.

Diamond ($10,000-14,999)
Glenn Suhd
Antelope Valley Desert Divers

Platinum ($5,000-9,999)
Mike Emmerman, Patricia Stockhausen, and TJ
In memory of Leslie Holtman, Ron Riddle, Greg Tashjian, & Paul Kanner (Dr. Susy Horowitz)
James Collins

Gold ($1,000-4,999)
* In memory of David Wolf (Jeremy & Marlo Wolf Family Foundation)
* Stephen Raganold
Laurie Powers
Jeanne Sleeper
Pacific Wilderness
John Delaney

Silver ($500-999)
* Dive 949 & West Coast Tec Divers
* Ethan Bush
Sean Eckley
Roy Houston
CA Diving News / the Scuba Show
In memory of Tom Wetzel (Patti Wetzel)
Mark Chambers
Mark Stabb
In memory of Dr. Lee H. Somers (Karl Huggins)
Don Lake
Roger Carlson
Brad Crocker
Matt Levinson

Bronze ($100-499)
* Terra Petry
Stuart Berryhill
Jeff Lewis
Michelle Leonard
In honor of Bob & Tina Kennedy (Jack Scarrett)
Unes Nabipour
In memory of Mars Brownsen (Anthony Bailey)
James Ruddick
Bob & Laura Mosqueda
Mike Couffer
Gina Boster
Susan Bangasser
Lukas Holsen
Henry Gittler & Lisette Lieberman
Cindy Shaw
In honor of Da boy, Daniel Wright
Gary Sterling
Mark Perlstein
In honor of David Pechman, M.D. (Brock Dewey)
Ken Nelson
In memory of Tom Wetzel (Tabby Stone & Linda Takvorian)
Sharon DePriester
Kevin Zagorski
Ellen Berman

Other (under $100)
Dan & Betty Orr
Lawrence Shack