Wow, it has been a busy month here at Oceanic Ventures this month and it is not even half-way over.
Our charity event, A Night in Old Havana, was a great success. We grossed over $8,000 for the Oceanic Ventures Foundation which was set-up to donate money and products to the places we visit as scuba divers. The event itself was based around an old McNamara family photograph (yes, I really am Irish). Sheridan, the professional Mixologist from Don Q Rums, served up very special cocktails while Ashton kept the trays of food rolling from the kitchen. Zaide and Alex helped serve the treats as did Ann and Eric. There is no way we can ever thank all of the people who helped up pull this event off, but we will try. We would like to especially thank Bob and Joyce Hoover, Ashton Arsement, Zaide Scheib, Jeremy Eich, Rosemary Keibler, Steve Soulen, Steve Jurbala and Joel Hershey. We also want to thank our sponsors Don Q Rums, Cobalt Coast Resort, Dive Tech Grand Cayman and Tusa. We also received some extra special gifts from Jim Turley and Lee Emerson. You should check-out all of the photographs from the party. We have posted them on our Facebook page.
Santa also dropped by for some underwater photographs. We had both scuba divers, free divers (snorklers) and just swimmers jump in to have their photos made with Santa Claus. Our favorite elf, Zaide, had a great time posing with Santa. And, we almost made it onto Fox News — the talent, Ruben Dominguez, canceled on us at the last minute and the camera man did not want to film without him. The loss was even harder since Eric, Ann, Alex and Heather, the Activity Coordinator for West University, all had to be at the pool at 6:30 in the morning! But oh well, we still got a few fun photos of Heather with Santa Clause. We want to thank everyone who came out and helpped as well as those who helped us with the event including Travis Hershey, Zaide Scheib, Joel Hershey, Keegan Madden, Alex Witschey and Eric Keibler.
Of course, the specials do not end with these events. The Holidays continue with some other special events including:
- November 23 Breakfast at Tiffany’s
- November 29 Black Friday Relief
- November 30 Small Business Saturday
- December 3 Tote Bag Tuesday
- December 12 Frank Sinatra’s Birthday
- December 14 Sarong Saturday
- December 17 Bathtub Party Day
- December 23 Phileas Fogg Day
- December 30 Make Up Your Mind Day
There are special pricing and give-a-ways each of these days. You really must read more about them; they will be loads of fun!
