Chamber Day
Contributor
To quote the late Harry Caray: HOLY COW!!!
When we tell you we appreciate donations of all amounts, we’ve gotta admit that we REALLY appreciate the very large ones. And so far this year, this is the one we’ve been able to “appreciate” the most.
We want to thank our friends at the Ocean Institute (through one of their major donor/benefactors) for a fabulously generous donation to the Challenge of $12,000 which not only pushes us past $30,000 but past $35,000 as well. The mission of the Ocean Institute is to teach ocean science and marine awareness to student K-12 and their teachers and while they don’t specifically focus on diving, there’s obviously an overlap to what we do with our Chamber as well. Plus, again through their silent benefactor, students from the ocean Institute will join us at two tables for Chamber Evening.
Now we certainly don’t expect ALL of you to come up with $12,000 (although we wouldn’t mind it if someone wants to top them). The $100, $500, and $1000 donations keep us going. But it’s quite comforting when a large donation comes in and really helps us leap forward.
We’re getting down to the wire. This is NOT the time to rest on our (or your laurels). We’ve still got a ways to go. Next benchmark is $40,000. So who’s willing to step up and push us in that direction? Who’s next???
CHAMBER CHALLENGE 2017 - $37,085 total (Updated 4/22/2017 @ 3:00PM)
New donors are in bold type and marked with an asterisk.
DIAMOND ($10,000 & up)
* Ocean Institute
Platinum ($5,000-9,999)
Michael Emmerman, Pat Stockhausen, & TJ
Gold ($1,000-4,999)
Hollywood Divers
Sharky's Scuba & Swim
Antelope Valley Desert Divers
South Orange County Dive Club
Maja Vrvilo
Beach Cities Scuba
John Delaney
Cynthia Yonker (E&J Gallo match)
Pacific Wilderness
Andy Pilmanis
Silver ($500-999)
Ron & Angi Burkard
Phillips 66/76 (Burkard match)
Cynthia Yonker
E. & J. Gallo match (matching Yonker)
Ethan Bush
The Walt Disney Co. (matching Bush)
Jeanne Sleeper
Rex Uber
Susy Horowitz
James Whipple
In memory of Dr. Lee Somers (from Karl Huggins)
Don Lake
Bronze ($100-499)
Reef Seekers Dive Co.
Jean Cassidy
Carl Felien
Louis Weisberg
Marilyn Lawrence
In memory of Tim Baskin (from Allison Vitsky & Andy Sallmon)
Jens Rubschlager
Scot Parker
Laguna Sea Dwellers
Ric Aceves
Kevin Augarten
Mark Stabb
In memory of Leon Slavin (from Brad Jacks)
Bob & Laura Mosqueda
Stuart Berryhill
Raymond Keil
Douglas Dive Club
In memory of Tom Binkley (from Rex Uber)
Diane Witmer
Barnacle Busters LGBTQ Dive Club
Roy Houston
Larry Thompson
Annette Lohman
In memory of Daniel Wright, Da Boy (from Robin Wright)
In memory of Tom Binkley (from Susy Horowitz)
In memory of Bob Hagedorn (from Susy Horowitz)
Gary Sanders
Roeland Papen
Debbie Huh
Rebekah Halpern
Laurie Kasper
Mike Faust
Stephen Benavides
Cindy Shaw & Patrick Smith
Margaret Donat
Dana Rodda
JJ Gibbons
Markus Self
Michael Wynd
Other (less than $100)
Dan & Betty Orr
Brock Dewey
Debbie Rubin
Jim Whyte
