To the Southern California Diving Community
Thank You
Thank You
Thank You!!!

$201,244

The annual Chamber Day event this year raised an amazing $201,244, a new record. (This despite the current state of the economy.) The event culminated on May 6. Monies raised will help fund the Chamber for the coming fiscal year.

“With everything going on in the economy and the world these days, we had expected a drop from last year,” said event chairman Ken Kurtis. “So Chamber Director Karl Huggins and I are quite pleased to be wrong in this instance. And we were both stunned and delighted that, for the first time ever, we’ve exceeded $200,000, a level of donation that only a few years ago seemed unreachable.”

The event has a daytime diving component which consists of two dives at Catalina and a walking tour of the Chamber facilities at Big Fisherman’s Cove, an evening dinner gala at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, and opportunities to buy t-shirts and other Chamber-themed merchandise. Divers can also direct donations to the Chamber through the Chamber Challenge which by itself accounted for over $146,375 of the monies raised. All told, including volunteers who staff the various aspects of the event, over 1,000 divers participated.

As this is an annual event, Chamber Day 2027 is scheduled for May 5 of next year.