Wednesday, May 4, from 7:00–10:30 p.m.
Again this year our club is sponsoring a table at the Chamber Eve fundraiser dinner at the Aquarium of the Pacific.
What’s great about this event is that all the monies raised go to the Chamber. No administrative fees are deducted from the proceeds, the local SoCal boats donate their time and services, the manufacturers donate gear for raffle prizes, the Aquarium of the Pacific donates their facility for the evening event, hundreds of volunteers donate their time, and we contribute our money by attending these fun-filled events to keep our Catalina Hyperbaric Chamber running.
Cost of the evening this year is again, $90 per person. (Folks who do the daytime and evening events will receive an extra $20 in raffle tickets as a bonus for doing both.) This event sells out consistantly, so the earlier you sign up, the better (they cap attendance at 500). Each table seats 10 people, and dinner is a sit-down, served affair. You can sign up online. Just be sure you click on the "Sole Searchers Dive Club" for your table preference. Once you signed up, shoot me an e-mail so we can have an idea on available seats. As of today (3/20/11) we have 7 seats left, so don't delay and go to Chamber Eve website now :-)
The doors will open at 7:00 and dinner will be served around 8:15. This gives you over an hour to explore the Aquarium exhibits, check out the prizes, and mingle. After some speeches and presentation of the total donation check, the evening should wrap up shortly after 10 p.m., and you’ll have until about 10:30 to wander around the Aquarium and take in any sights you missed earlier.
You’ll receive 5 evening raffle tickets, good for the special prizes. Plus there will be an opportunity to buy more raffle tickets when you get there. Total value of the evening raffle will be roughly $10,000, and prizes will include regulators, BCs, computers, and even a complete gear set.
They’ll also have a Blind Auction where you can bid on certain prizes, while not knowing what others have bid.
During the entire evening, we’ll have full access to the Aquarium and its 12,000+ critters, comprising over 550 species and representing three major regions of the Pacific. In case you didn’t know, the Aquarium of the Pacific is the only aquarium that focuses solely on the Pacific Ocean.
And if you're lucky enough to get Wednesday off to go diving, well here is the link to Chamber Day.
Hope you can join us at the Sole Searchers table!
Kaz
