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		<title>Organizers call Chamber Day 2018 another rousing success</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ken Kurtis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2018 20:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The 30th annual Chamber Day (and 20th annual Chamber Eve) was among the most successful fundraisers for the USC Hyperbaric Chamber on Catalina. First of all, thank you to all who made this happen both from a participant and a volunteer standpoint. We literally could not do it without you. I’m delighted to report that [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Holy donation Batman! Look what happened: a $5K donation</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ken Kurtis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 May 2017 17:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Dr. Jeff Sipsey was the longtime head hyperbaric doctor for our Catalina Hyperbaric Chamber. Based out of County USC (as all the chamber hyperbaric docs are), he first got involved in 1976 and spent close to 40 years watching out for us, and was Medical Director for much of that time. Ironically, he was NOT [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Chamber Challenge is inching toward raising $25K</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ken Kurtis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Apr 2017 18:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re inching towards $25,000 &#8230; We&#8217;re led this time by a pair of longtime Chamber supporters. The first are the boys and girls at Hollywood Divers who again come through at the Gold level. They are also sponsoring a Chamber Evening table as well as a boat (the Westerly). They&#8217;re a great example of how [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Chamber Day officials warn of possible glitch</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ken Kurtis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Apr 2017 18:44:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[First of all, we&#8217;re two week away from Chamber Day 2017 and this is when the pace really quickens. Which is why what we have to say here is so critically important. We are experiencing some sporadic issues with our secure server which may lead to us not getting notified about signups or donations that [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Chamber Challenge struggling to make fundraising goals</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ken Kurtis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Apr 2017 17:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We’ve got just a shade over three weeks to go and we’ve got some work to do. We’re not in horrible shape, but we’re not in great shape. And there are a lot of factors &#8211; the economy, the weather, how much people talk up the event &#8211; that are out of our control that [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Chamber Challenge 2017 making progress as goal tops $12K</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ken Kurtis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Apr 2017 17:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Catalina’s hyperbaric chamber saves lives but is costly. Every year people on the island come together to raise money, culminating in “Chamber Day.” We made it past $10,000. WAAAY past and are at $12,010!!! This is thanks to a single donation. Catalina’s hyperbaric chamber saves lives but is costly. Every year people on the island [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>‘Chamber Day’ is under way</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ken Kurtis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Mar 2017 22:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We opened for business on March 1 and we’re making good progress but we’ve got a long way to go and a little over a month to get there. We can only do it with your help. We have received $7,000 in donations so far, with lots of places reserved on boats and evening tables [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Chamber Day and Evening 2017 overview</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ken Kurtis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Mar 2017 22:23:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[To err is human. To dive is divine. To err while diving can cause some big problems. A study has shown that 69 percent of diving accidents are caused by diver error. So the last thing you’d want to hear is, “Sorry, there’s no chamber in the area so there’s nothing we can do for [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Chamber Day/Eve events raises $117K for hyperparic chamber</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ken Kurtis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2015 17:07:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Chamber Day 2015, the annual fund-raiser for the USC Catalina Hyperbaric Chamber at the Isthmus, was held this year on Wednesday, May 6, and netted $117,129. The event bills itself as the largest single-day scuba charity event in the United States with roughly 1,000 individuals involved in one way or another. This year, 121 divers [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Chamber Day, Eve set for May 6</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ken Kurtis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2015 16:57:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[More than 40 years ago, the USC Catalina Hyperbaric Chamber first opened its doors for business. And since that time, the chamber has been there 24/7/365 for any diver in need of its services. In 1989, Chamber Day was created as a way of providing more secure funding for the chamber. And since that time, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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