Support the Catalina Hyperbaric Chamber!

(and have a blast too!)

Chamber Eve 2015

When? Wednesday May 6th at 7PM

Where? Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach

Why? To support the Catalina Hyperbaric Chamber, an important lifesaving facility for all Southern California Divers!

How Much? $110 donation, which goes to the Chamber buys your entrance and seat for dinner.

The time for signups has passed, thank you!

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About the Event:

The Aquarium and the Chamber Day Committee once again invite you to join us for an evening of fish, food, and fun. This year Chamber Eve is on Wednesday, May 6th, from 7:00–10:30PM. Because the Aquarium realizes the vital role our Chamber plays in the overall safety of the SoCal dive community, and because they realize what a valuable contribution the roughly 170 volunteer divers make to the smooth running of the Aquarium, they waive their normal facility fee­ for this event and host it for us at no charge.

The doors open at 7PM. You’ll have over an hour to explore the Aquarium exhibits, check out the prizes, make a purchase at our merchandise table, and mingle. Dinner will start a little after 8PM and our program gets underway after 9PM with remarks, raffle prizes, some stills and videos from the day, and a check presentation at the end. We usually wrap up no later than10:15PM. It’s always a fun evening for everyone, so bring along your dive buddy or even a non-diving friend or Significant Other.

When you buy your ticket, you’ll also get 5 evening raffle tickets. There will be opportunities to buy more raffle tickets when you get to the Aquarium. Total value of the evening raffle will be roughly $10,000 and prizes will include regulators, BCs, computers, and more. (Check out our web site—www.chamberday.org—for a complete listing of all prizes and donors.) We’ll also have our Blind Bid Auction (including the highly coveted Diver-for-a-Day at the Aquarium) where you can bid on items but can’t see what others have bid. So make your best offer and keep your fingers crossed.

Best of all, everyone in attendance will have a shot at our raffle Grand Prize: A week of diving in Yap courtesy of Manta Ray Bay Resort & Yap Divers. One winner will receive seven nights accommodations along with five days of 2-tank diving, breakfast daily, and the hospitality and charm Yap is known for. Airfare is not included. the Grand Prize winner will be drawn last (after the check presentation) and you must be present to win.

In the early part of the evening, we’ll have our Blind Bid Auction (including the highly coveted Diver-for-a-Day at the Aquarium) where you can bid on items but can’t see what others have bid. So make your best offer and keep your fingers crossed. Winning bids will be announced throughout the evening.

During the entire evening, we’ll have full access to the Aquarium and its 12,000+ critters, comprising over 550 species and representing 3 major regions of the Pacific. In case you didn’t know, the Aquarium of the Pacific is the only aquarium that focuses on the Pacific Ocean.