Chamber Day
Contributor
We creep a little bit higher . . .
This morning's update has a bittersweet taste to it because it remembers two divers who have recently left us (and who both worked for me at Reef Seekers, so there's a personal angle too). But Tom & Kevin Binkley are fondly remembered by their friends on the Cee Ray and they have been collecting some money over the past two months to make a Challenge donation in their memory and we're happy to say it on the Gold level.
More importantly, it also underscores the value that both Tom & Kevin put on the Chamber and the vital role they knew it played in helping keep divers safe, either through various talks and classes dealing with dive safety, or treatments when something goes amiss.
We're in to the final hours of Chamber Day 2017 and we sure could use a nice spurt of donations as we near the finish line. We've got a shot at beating last year's Challenge total but we need your help. Who's going to push us closer to $55K?????
CHAMBER CHALLENGE 2017 - $51,260 total (Updated 5/2/2017 @ 10:40AM)
New donors are in bold type and marked with an asterisk.
DIAMOND ($10,000 & up)
Ocean Institute
Platinum ($5,000-9,999)
Galileo Capri
Michael Emmerman, Pat Stockhausen, & TJ
Gold ($1,000-4,999)
* In memory of Kevin Binkley & Tom Binkley (from their Cee Ray dive buddies)
Cirque du Soleil
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)
Anonymous (to cover Chamber volunteers dinner)
In memory of Max von Klein (anonymous)
Jim Krasne
Norman Deatherage
California Diving News
Ocean Adventures Dive Co.
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)
* The Sea Divers
Robert & Judith Fisher
Frank Aicher
Scott Barnes
Jonathan Bachman
Jerome Kasper
Roger Carlson
In memory of Max von Klein (from Scuba Haus)
Billy Chambers
Joe Takahashi
Skip Abelson
James Ruddick
Tony Mischel
Claudia Harden
Dive News Network
Cheryl Tinney
In memory of Jeff Larson (Kevin Augarten)
Jean-Yves Couleaud
Michael Madden
Kevin Glenn
Arnold Munoz & Lisa M. Anya-Munoz
Gregory Honore
Dale & Kim Sheckler
Reef Seekers Dive Co.
Jean Cassidy
Carl Felien
Louis Weisberg
Marilyn Lawrence
In memory of Tim Baskin (from Allison Vitsky & Andy Sallmon)
Pfizer Inc. (matching Vitsky)
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)
Di Krall
Dan & Betty Orr
Brock Dewey
Debbie Rubin
Jim Whyte
