Fundraiser supports
hyperbaric chamber
on Catalina Island
STAFF REPORT
Mark your calendar for
Wednesday, May 4, 2016, as that’s
the date for Chamber Day where
SoCal’s finest dive boats donate
their services for the day to benefit
our Chamber. The full roster of
participating boats (in alphabeti-
cal order) are: Asante, Cee Ray,
Giant Stride, Pacific Star, Perfect
Mistress, Sundiver, Sundiver
Express, and Westerly. (And for
those—who can’t take the day off
or don’t dive, there’s always the
Flying Dutchman.)
Here’s the way it works: Sign-
Up for the boat you want to go
on. We’ll hold a reservation for
you for 72 hours, but after that
’ spots are guaranteed only when
your donation is received. Note
that we only have 150 spots avail-
able this year so don’t get left
behind. Your donation of $110
(plus $30 for boat food and air);
is for a good cause: your Catalina
Hyperbaric Chamber. Try to book
early, because once a boat fills, it’s
unavailable.
Boats will leave their respec-
tive docks 'at 7 a.m. and head for
Catalina. (Some boats may allow
you to board the night before and
sleep on board.) You’ll make two
dives at Catalina, get a commemo-
rative Chamber Day 2016 T—shirt,
and receive five daytime raffle
tickets. To increase your chance
of'vwinninge raffle prizes:
purchase‘extra raffle tickets when
Remember endangered species at tax time,
STAFF REPORT
Saving endangered species'
from extinction takes a lot of work,
but you don’t have to do much to
help. Simply making a voluntary
contribution on your state income
tax return helps the California
Department of Fish and Wildlife
do the heavy lifting. Just enter
you make your reservation, on the
boat, or at the Chamber.
At some point during the
day, your boat will dock in Big
Fisherman’s Cove and everyone
will disembark for .a 75—minute
tour of our Chamber facilities,
including a chance for you to hear
from first responders from L.A.
County Lifeguards, rescue heli-
copter crews from the Coast Guard
and/or Sheriff’s Department, and
the Chamber crew will walk you
around the Chamber itself. You’ll
even go inside and be pressur-
ized to a depth of 1 foot. (Hard
to believe, but you’ll have .to clear
your ears.)
Most of the boats will arrive
back at their docks between 5
and 5:30 pm. Organizers try to
contact all the boats to tell them
who their raffle winners are. All
the raffle prizes will be available
in front of the Aquarium of the
Pacific inLong Beach from 4:30-
7'Vat the driVe—up' raffle prize
pick-up table.
a whole dollar amount on line
403 for the Rare and Endangered
Species Preservation Program,
and on line 410 f0r the California
Sea Otter Fund.
“Thanks to our wise and.
generous donors, CDFW has
accomplished many conservation
actions,” CDFW Environmental
Program Manager Karen Miner
Please remember that Chamber
Day is a fund-raising event and
not a normal dive day charter. Due
to the logistical issues involved,
if weather conditions preclude
the dive boats from safely going
out on Chamber Day there will
not be a make-up day. If weather
forces organizers to cancel, you
will receive your Chamber Day
shirt, be transferred to the Flying
Dutchman, and will be given an
additional ten— daytime raffle tick-
ets.
The bottom line in all of this is
that your continued support of the
hyperbaric chamber, in whatever
form that takes, is essential for
the Chamber to remain available
and on-watch 24/7/366. And that
means we need you to sign up for
Chamber Day 2016' by calling a
sponsoring shop or club, by call-
ing our main number at 310-652—
4990, or by going to the secure
server at www.chamberday.org.
Come alone or bring a buddy, but
don’t miss this specialevent.
said. “Yet, much remains to be done
for a number of threatened and
endangered species in California.
Additional funding is needed for
us to keep making progress. I hope
more Californians will donate and
our donors will consider increas-
ing their contribution this year,
and spread the word to family,
friends and neighbors.”
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