Chamber Day
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Riddle of the day: What’s the connection between the movie “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” and your Catalina Hyperbaric Chamber?
Answer: In the movie, Marilyn Monroe cooed that “Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend” (bonus points if you know who did it originally on Broadway) and today we coo that Diamond Donors are certainly our Chamber’s best friend.
This is our highest donor level and we are incredibly happy today to welcome back into the fold at this level the Ocean Institute in Dana Point (in conjunction with one of their benefactors). Their mission is to help educate children K-12 about ocean science and all things maritime. Some of their students go on to become scuba divers so they certainly understand the need to keeping something as vital as the Catalina Hyperbaric Chamber around for those just-in-case times. On top of that, they’ll also be at Chamber Evening with two tables so they really immerse themselves in the event and we’re always very happy to have them back.
But whether diamonds are your best friend or you’re a fan of the Bronze Age (or anything in-between), every dollar helps keep our Chamber strong. We’re a bit more than three weeks away now and even though the Challenge is roaring along, this is NOT the time to stop and rest on our laurels (or our diamonds).
So who’s next? Who will help propel us towards $50K? Here’s the direct link: Payment > USC Catalina Hyperbaric Chamber > USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.
This is our updated honor roll of Challenge donors as of today:
CHAMBER CHALLENGE 2018 - $45,110 total (Updated 4/9/2018 @ 12:30PM)
New donors are in bold type and marked with an asterisk.
Diamond ($10,000 & up)
* Ocean Institute
Platinum ($5,000-9,999)
Galileo Capri
In memory of Dr. Jeff Sipsey (Anonymous)
Mike Emmerman, Pat Stockhausen, & TJ
Antelope Valley Desert Divers
Gold ($1,000-4,999)
South Orange County Dive Club
Hollywood Divers
Beach Cities Scuba
Pacific Wilderness
Billy Chambers
John Delaney
Silver ($500-999)
Susy Horowitz
Angi & Ron Burkard
Phillips 66 / 76 match (Burkard)
Mike Couffer
Don Lake
In memory of Tom Wetzel (Karl Huggins)
Bronze ($100-499)
Laguna Sea Dwellers
Bill Holzer
Rachel Lance
Jing Yeo
Gary Sanders
Christopher Madsen
In honor of the AOP dive volunteers (Jeanne Sleeper)
In memory of Tim Burke (Susy Horowitz)
Tim Fitzhugh
GEICO match (Fitzhugh)
In memory of Max Von Klein (Fiona Macfarlane)
In honor of the Pacific Grove Hyperbaric Chamber (Margaret Donat)
Allison Vitsky & Andy Sallmon
Pfizer match (Vitsky & Sallmon)
In memory of Tom Wetzel (Kathy Kalohi)
Laurie Kasper
In memory of Tom Wetzel UICC 25 (Glenn & Kathryn Harrington)
Michael Faust
In memory of Tom Wetzel (Daniel Roberts)
Henry Gittler
Francesco Cameli
Stuart Berryhill
Scot & Karen Parker
Google match (Parker)
Roy Houston
Larry Thompson
Tina Branca
Other (less than $100)
Paul Weers
Debbie Rubin
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