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Houston, TX 77401

Archives for November 2011

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Weekend of Specials and a New 12 Days of Christmas Collection

Eagle Creek Holiday

Of course you will want to come by the store this weekend (which starts on Thursday) because these travel packages are on special and feature some free diving dollars that will allow you to save money in the new year!  Stop in for hot dogs on Friday and Saturday and  have your photo taken with Santa Claus underwater at the West University Recreation Center pool from 9:00 am to 12:00 before coming to the store.

Can you imagine getting a different gift on each of the Twelve Days of Christmas?  How about scuba and travel themed gifts for the Seven Days of Chanukah?  Can you picture giving a really cool gift collection to your dive buddy?  Well Dive Mom has put together some awesome collections to help you surprise your diving buddies this holiday season!  One of the packages is designed around the Eagle Creek Pack-It packing system that Oceanic Ventures introduced last month.  Your dive partner can finally look organized and “put together” when he or she arrives at their final diving destination.  However, this system is not only for divers, it can be used for non-diving travel, with children or simply around the house.  Please come by the store and see what she has put together.  You can also email Dive Mom for more information on these packages.

 

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Divers Support Schools & Communities

Sample Auction ItemsWith the holiday season fast approaching, it is time once again for our fall “Sealed Bid Auction” to support Oceanic Ventures efforts to help schools and communities in the places we dive.  This years auction has some really special items on it including wine, spirits, cigars, art, beauty items and a whole lot more.  To participate all you have to do is complete a bid sheet and email it to Ann or fax it to us.  The items are on dispay in the store and will be here through the close of the auction on Saturday afternoon (11 November 2011).
The assistance program started a number of years ago when Ann came up with this idea of helping schools by encuraging our trip participants to carry school supplies in their excess luggage space.  This prneuded the participants the opportunity to help a local school and left them space to bring back handicrafts made by the local people.  A real win-win for everyone.  Over the years, we have prneuded school supplies to small schools in the Philippines, Fiji, the Solomon Islands, Honduras, Cozumel as well as adding running water and plumbing to a school in the Philippines.
It is a wonderful way to meet people and to share a little joy with some wonderful school children.  The auction helps prneude funds for continuing projects around the world.

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What I really want for Christmas is…

What I really would like to have is...

Your friends and family know what you like to do in your spare time but do they know what you would like to have or need to complete your ideal scuba kit?  Why not tell them what you really want?  You can complete a Holiday Wish list and let them know what you would like to have or really need.  These wish lists take some of the guessing out of the gift giving process and keep you from getting 3 different dive knifes to add to the one you already have.
 
At Oceanic Ventures, we have drafted a sample list for you to begin working with.  you can download a copy of it here.  Dive Mom has even volunteered to contact you family and let them know you really want scuba equipment and trips for the holidays and she is here to help them.  Really it is that simple!  Dive Mom has even come up with an incentive program to make it worth while for you…

Turn in your list in  with at least two people she can contact, and you will be entered into a drawing for a $50.00 Gift Card.  At least 2 will be given away during the sale running 10-12 November 2011.

 Remember, if you get 3 old j-tube snorkels it is your own fault.  You really do want to complete your own scuba wish list!

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100 Scuba Dives…Dive Mom Needs Help!

Dive Mom Ready to Go
Dive Mom Ready to Go!

“For the first time I can remember, I don’t have my 100 dives by November 1; I need your help to get there before December 1!”
 Ann Keibler will be venturing up to the DUI Dog Rally and Demo Days in Terrell Texas on November 19-20 and she would like for you to join her. So that you both have something to do while swimming around the lake, she will be doing dry suit open water dives and dry suit demos. To give you some incentive to show up, she has come up with the following specials:

  • Take a Dry Suit course, reg $225, for only $125 and she will pay for your DUI entry ticket for Saturday and Sunday. By doing your open water here, you also save the dry suit rental charge ($100 for the weekend).
  • Take your Nitrox course, reg $225, for only $125 and she will pay for your DUI entry ticket for the day and include the Nitrox for your dives!

Both courses include the educational materials and the classroom portion is a home study program. You should turn in your homework and take the test before you leave. She will be staying late Wednesday November 9, so you can get the test over with early. You can take the test at the lake, but who wants to skip the fun and take a test so doing it early is really better.
Of course if you are already certified as a dry suit diver, you can still come up and go diving. Remember, she needs a lot of dives and she doesn’t think any one person will want to do that many in a day. As such, she needs multiple buddies and lots of moral support.
DUI’s Dog Rally and Demo Days is a really cool event where you can try almost every suit DUI makes, almost every style of undergarment, get lunch and a hat all for $10.00 (when purchased from Oceanic Ventures, in advance). And, if you are already a DOG (DUI Owners Group) and you bring a friend to the event, you will get a special gift.

Please send Dive Mom and email and tell her you will help her reach her goal.

She would like to know who is going to attend by Friday.