Chamber Day
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This one starts off with a YOWSER!!! . . .
That comes in the form of a wonderful $5,000 Platinum donation from Cyd Yonker. Cyd not only is willing to donate her money to support the Chamber, but she also donates her time as a Chamber Crew member. On top of that, she’s the perfect example of how much corporate matches can mean to us because the company she works for, E&J Gallo, will match her donation dollar-for-dollar. So if your company has a match program, realize how it can double your Challenge donation.
We also have excellent and generous examples today of “In memory” donations and we’ve got three from Susy Horowitz (who also happens to be a member of our Chamber Day Steering Committee). She starts off with a $500 Silver donation in memory of the divers we lost on the Conception fire, and then she continues with a pair of $250 Bronze donations, one in memory of her longtime dive buddy Pat O’Brien, and the other in memory of Bonnie Cardone. Susy’s generous donations are a reminder that you can designate your donation of any amount to be in someone’s honor or memory and we’ll list both their name and yours.
While we don’t expect – but certainly appreciate - $5,000 donations every day, they’ve given us a nice push and now we’re heading towards the next waypoint of $25,000. So who’s next? Who’s going to push us along?? Here’s the direct link: MAKE A CHAMBER CHALLENGE DONATION.
CHAMBER CHALLENGE 2020 - $21,965 total
(Updated 3/28/2020 @ 4PM - last update 3/24)
New donors are in bold type and marked with an asterisk.
Platinum ($5,000-9,999)
* Cyd Yonker
* E&J Gallo match (Yonker)
In memory of Dr. Jeff Sipsey (anonymous)
Gold ($1,000-4,999)
Pacific Wilderness
Silver ($500-999)
* In memory of the Conception 34 (Susy Horowitz)
Scott Barnes
Don Lake
In memory of Lee Somers (Karl Huggins)
Bronze ($100-499)
* In memory of Pat O’Brien (Susy Horowitz)
* In memory of Bonnie Cardone (Susy Horowitz)
* Tabby Stone & Linda Takvorian
* SG Valley Scuba Club / Sharky’s Dive Team
* Jarrett Lee
* David Osorio
* Gerald Motter
In memory of Conception divers & crew (Thomas Penn)
Karen McKim
Dana Rodda
In memory of Bonnie Cardone (Jeanne Sleeper)
In memory of Bonnie Cardone (Martha Somers)
Barnacle Busters LGBTQ Dive Club
James Ruddick
In memory of Patty Meistrell (Fiona Macfarlane)
Henry Gittler & Lisette Lieberman
Laurie Kasper
Sharon DePriester
Roger Carlson
In memory of Bonnie Cardone (Vance Meyer)
Margaret Donat
In memory of Bonnie Cardone (Erin Quigley)
Other (less than $100)
Yuriy Kotlyar
Roz Wolpert
Khrystyna Cusimano
Christopher Madsen
Timothy McDade
Oscar Corvera
Brian Aalberts
Rob Kadota
Tina Branca
Rebecca Rogers
Jerry Nickelsburg
Alexander Aligo
Ted Lavino
Debbie Rubin
In loving memory of Pat O'Brien (Carrie McConnell)
Terry Schuller
In memory of Bonnie Cardone (Greg & Nene Wine)
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