Chamber Day
Contributor
I can’t believe I’m saying this but . . . We’ve passed $75,000!!!
Today’s update also shows the impact of a large donation because we have our first Diamond-level donation this year in the form of a wonderfully generous $10,000 donation from Glenn Suhd. Glenn does a lot of diving abroad but also still dives locally (as well as works as an Education volunteer at the Aquarium of the Pacific) and he has always supported the Chamber and Chamber Day at lower donation levels. Due to some changes in his life lately, he wanted to make a bigger impact and has decided this was a good way to do it. We concur and thank him for his vision and generosity.
We don’t expect that many people can make a $10,000 donation (but we’re quite happy to take it if you can). But the point is that whether it’s $10,000, $1,000, or $100, your Chamber will put that money to good use. And by “good use,” we mean it will help us stay at the ready 24/7/365 in case YOU (or your friends) have a diving problem requiring recompression. It’s like insurance: You hope you never need it but you’ll be glad to have it if the time comes.
You can help insure our Chamber’s financial stability for another year when you make a donation. Who’s next??? Who’s joining Glenn and 93 others (so far) for this year’s Challenge? Click here to get started: https://usc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_dp3rzL7cVCFp1rM .
CHAMBER CHALLENGE 2021 - $75,275
(total on 4/7/2021 as of 10AM - previous update 4/5)
New donors are in bold type and marked with a bullet.
Diamond ($10,000 & up)
• Glenn Suhd
Platinum ($5,000-9,999)
In memory of Dr. Jeff Sipsey (anonymous)
Mike Emmerman, Pat Stockhausen, & TJ
Cyd Yonker
EJ Gallo (Yonker match)
Susy Horowitz
John & Nanaz Turney
Andrew Pilmanis
Beach Cities Scuba
Gold ($1,000-4,999)
Maja Vrvilo
Jeremy & Marlo Wolf Family Fund
SOCDC (South Orange County Dive Club)
John Delaney
In honor of Dan Rood (DiveVets)
Brett Eldridge
Pacific Wilderness
Dr. Ilan Tamir
Silver ($500-999)
Louis Weisberg
Scott Barnes
In loving memory of Capt. Tom Binkley, Capt. Tim Burke, and Kevin Binkley (Kim Lancaster)
In memory of Jared F. Purton (Mark Stabb)
Angi & Ron Burkard
Phillips 66/76 (Burkard match)
In memory of Lee Somers (Martha Somers)
Anonymous XXI
In memory of Tom Wetzel (Patti Wetzel)
Ethan Bush
Honoring all the fallen in our diving community (Kevin Glenn)
In memory of Rod “Nasty” Francis (Kimberly Marotta)
Honoring Hope Turney’s 100th birthday celebration (Jill Boivin)
In memory of Lee Somers, PhD (Karl Huggins)
Don Lake
In honor of AOP Husbandry & Dive staff (Jeanne Sleeper)
James Collins
Larry Thompson
Bronze ($100-499)
• David Osorio
Steve & Erika Ladd
Sajid Ahmed
Stuart Berryhill
In memory of Leon Slavin (Henry Gittler & Lisette Lieberman)
Doug Iverson
In honor of Captain Pat Smith (John Bibb)
In memory of Skip Tucker (Laura Konowalski)
Matt Levinson
Skip Abelson
Zac Bowland
In memory of Mark Mettler (D.J. Mansfield)
Ellen Berman
diver.net
The Sea Divers Dive Club
Mike Couffer
zen dive co
Tom Gordon
Jean & Jerry Kasper
Rachel Lance
Keith Urashima
Susan Harris
Michael Kennedy
Workday Inc. (matching Kennedy)
Mark Perlstein
Tabby Stone & Linda Takvorian
In memory of Bonnie Cardone (Michele & Howard Hall)
Sandra Stewart
James Hayward
Jarrett Lee
In memory of Annette Hench (Ron Hench)
Michael Slavinsky
Peter Croke
Callie Mack
In memory of Marian Bower (David Bower)
Erin Quigley
John Dawson
Captain Kyaa Heller
Fiona Macfarlane
Dana Rodda
Debbie Karimoto
Richard Miller
Cindy Shaw
In memory of Di Krall (Laurie Kasper)
Laura Priess
In memory of Josh Bouma (DJ Mansfield)
Roger Carlson
Sharon DePriester
In honor of Malyssa Perkins (Rob Peyton)
Honoring Eileen Kenney, COVID fighter (Frank Horowitz)
Other (less than $100)
Denise Baca
Karen Bunning
Christopher Madsen
In memory of Shirley Healey (Dee Wilson)
In memory of Rod P.I. Francis (Luis Estenfania)
Dan & Betty Orr
William Edman
Debbie Rubin
Brock Dewey
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