Chamber Day
Contributor
It’s been an active 24 hours as we’ve made another huge leap in our Challenge total but this time it’s illustrative of all the various ways you can help support your Chamber.
We start with Cynthia Yonker (aka Cyd) who again this year comes to us with a Platinum-level donation. Cyd is a former Dive Safety Officer and a longtime Chamber crew member, so she understands how beneficial our Chamber can be from multiple perspectives. On top of that, her employer (E. & J. Gallo Winery) has a matching grant program so they match her $5K with another $5K. Yahoo!!!
Moving to the Gold to level, we have another “in memory” donation, this time from longtime contributors Jeremy & Marlo Wolf through their family foundation, in memory of Jeremy’s brother David Wolf. Their donation is a reminder that you can designate your contribution to be in memory of someone no longer with us (and we will list your name in parentheses).
On the Silver level, we have Layne Ballard again this year. Layne is another regular supporter of our Chamber and every year he does his part to help keep us going 24/7/365.
On top of that, there are three Bronze-level donations and one “Other” as well and of those, two are “in memory.”
All of these donations serve the same purpose: To help ensure that our Chamber is available whenever a diver faces a problem that requires recompression. We hope you agree that for all of us who live in this area and dive, even if you don’t dive SoCal as much anymore, we have a duty to our fellow divers and our diving community to pitch in with whatever we can to keep our Chamber funding on solid ground. Today’s donations go a long way to meeting that need.
So who’s next to add their name to our list? We’re flirting with $60,000 and another day like today will push us past that. Will your name be on our next update? Here’s the direct link to help accomplish that: https://usc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_dnemil47PUc8aGy
CHAMBER CHALLENGE 2023 - $57,000 total (Updated 3/29/2023 @ 3PM)
New donors are in bold type and marked with an asterisk.
Diamond ($10,000 and up)
Glenn Suhd
Antelope Valley Desert Divers (AVDD)
Platinum ($5,000-9,999)
* Cynthia Yonker
* E. & J. Gallo (match)
In memory of Glen Egstrom Ph.D. (Mike Emmerman, Pat Stockhausen, & TJ)
Gold ($1,000-4,999)
* In memory of David Wolf (Jeremy & Marlo Wolf Family Foundation)
John Delaney
Francesco Cameli
In memory of Isaac Foo (Melissa Foo)
Google match (Foo)
Jeanne Sleeper
In memory of Chuck Nicklin (Allison Vitsky Sallmon & Andy Sallmon)
Pfizer (Vitsky Sallmon match)
Pacific Wilderness
Dr. Susy Horowtiz
James Collins
Silver ($500-999)
* Layne Ballard
Reef Seekers Dive Co.
Catalina Island Marine Institute / Catalina Sea Camp (Ashley Bueche)
Matt Levinson
Jonathan “BJ” & Melissa Jaivin
In memory of Dr. Bill Bushing (Scuba by Design)
Angi & Ron Burkard
Phillips 66/76 (Burkard match)
In memory of Ollie Harris (Dr. Susy Horowitz)
James Whipple
In memory of Lee Somers, Ph.D. (Karl Huggins)
Don Lake
Brad Crocker
Roy Houston
Bronze ($100-499)
* In memory of Bob Woods (Barnacle Busters)
* Susan Bangasser
* James Ruddick
Laurie Kasper
Gary Sterling
Doug Iverson
In memory of Matt Cahill (Anthony Bailey)
Mike Couffer
Rick Lunsford
Henry Gittler & Lisette Lieberman
Stuart Berryhill
Gina Boster
Chris Grossman – Diver.net
Northrop Grumman (Grossman match)
Dan & Betty Orr
The Sea Divers (Mark Perlstein)
Tom Boyd
In memory of Daniel “Da Boy” Wright
Terry May
In memory of Tom Wetzel (Tabby Stone & Linda Takvorian)
Sharon Depriester
Dana Rodda
Ellen Berman
Mark Perlstein
Richard Miller
Brock Dewey
Erin Quigley
In memory of William Angione 19 UICC ( Jens Rubschlager)
Roger Carlson
Cindy Shaw
Other (less than $100)
* In memory of Dirk Burcham and Dr. Bill Bushing (anonymous)
Diana Rainforth
Ana Christine Tafoya
We start with Cynthia Yonker (aka Cyd) who again this year comes to us with a Platinum-level donation. Cyd is a former Dive Safety Officer and a longtime Chamber crew member, so she understands how beneficial our Chamber can be from multiple perspectives. On top of that, her employer (E. & J. Gallo Winery) has a matching grant program so they match her $5K with another $5K. Yahoo!!!
Moving to the Gold to level, we have another “in memory” donation, this time from longtime contributors Jeremy & Marlo Wolf through their family foundation, in memory of Jeremy’s brother David Wolf. Their donation is a reminder that you can designate your contribution to be in memory of someone no longer with us (and we will list your name in parentheses).
On the Silver level, we have Layne Ballard again this year. Layne is another regular supporter of our Chamber and every year he does his part to help keep us going 24/7/365.
On top of that, there are three Bronze-level donations and one “Other” as well and of those, two are “in memory.”
All of these donations serve the same purpose: To help ensure that our Chamber is available whenever a diver faces a problem that requires recompression. We hope you agree that for all of us who live in this area and dive, even if you don’t dive SoCal as much anymore, we have a duty to our fellow divers and our diving community to pitch in with whatever we can to keep our Chamber funding on solid ground. Today’s donations go a long way to meeting that need.
So who’s next to add their name to our list? We’re flirting with $60,000 and another day like today will push us past that. Will your name be on our next update? Here’s the direct link to help accomplish that: https://usc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_dnemil47PUc8aGy
CHAMBER CHALLENGE 2023 - $57,000 total (Updated 3/29/2023 @ 3PM)
New donors are in bold type and marked with an asterisk.
Diamond ($10,000 and up)
Glenn Suhd
Antelope Valley Desert Divers (AVDD)
Platinum ($5,000-9,999)
* Cynthia Yonker
* E. & J. Gallo (match)
In memory of Glen Egstrom Ph.D. (Mike Emmerman, Pat Stockhausen, & TJ)
Gold ($1,000-4,999)
* In memory of David Wolf (Jeremy & Marlo Wolf Family Foundation)
John Delaney
Francesco Cameli
In memory of Isaac Foo (Melissa Foo)
Google match (Foo)
Jeanne Sleeper
In memory of Chuck Nicklin (Allison Vitsky Sallmon & Andy Sallmon)
Pfizer (Vitsky Sallmon match)
Pacific Wilderness
Dr. Susy Horowtiz
James Collins
Silver ($500-999)
* Layne Ballard
Reef Seekers Dive Co.
Catalina Island Marine Institute / Catalina Sea Camp (Ashley Bueche)
Matt Levinson
Jonathan “BJ” & Melissa Jaivin
In memory of Dr. Bill Bushing (Scuba by Design)
Angi & Ron Burkard
Phillips 66/76 (Burkard match)
In memory of Ollie Harris (Dr. Susy Horowitz)
James Whipple
In memory of Lee Somers, Ph.D. (Karl Huggins)
Don Lake
Brad Crocker
Roy Houston
Bronze ($100-499)
* In memory of Bob Woods (Barnacle Busters)
* Susan Bangasser
* James Ruddick
Laurie Kasper
Gary Sterling
Doug Iverson
In memory of Matt Cahill (Anthony Bailey)
Mike Couffer
Rick Lunsford
Henry Gittler & Lisette Lieberman
Stuart Berryhill
Gina Boster
Chris Grossman – Diver.net
Northrop Grumman (Grossman match)
Dan & Betty Orr
The Sea Divers (Mark Perlstein)
Tom Boyd
In memory of Daniel “Da Boy” Wright
Terry May
In memory of Tom Wetzel (Tabby Stone & Linda Takvorian)
Sharon Depriester
Dana Rodda
Ellen Berman
Mark Perlstein
Richard Miller
Brock Dewey
Erin Quigley
In memory of William Angione 19 UICC ( Jens Rubschlager)
Roger Carlson
Cindy Shaw
Other (less than $100)
* In memory of Dirk Burcham and Dr. Bill Bushing (anonymous)
Diana Rainforth
Ana Christine Tafoya
