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Old 20-02-06, 12:27 AM
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Matt’s Fundraiser:
Hello Everyone,
The fundraiser was a great success, thanks to all of you. There were a lot of people (approx 140) who showed up for the fundraiser to show their support, and a lot who couldn’t make it but still showed support. We raised approx. $9,000 for my project. This amount will make it possible for me to be able to pay for more of the equipment that I need.

I finally was able to meet so many of my diving friends in person. It was like a party all w/e. It was so awesome to meet a celebrity like John Chatterton, he is a great guy. It was great to meet my partner in all of this, Mike Lombardi and his partner, Donny. Another great highlight was to finally get to meet one of my best dive buddies, Susan Long, from DUI. Meeting Melanie Paul from Deep Sea Detectives was great too. The diveheart crew was there also and it was so great to meet some of them in person. Not to mention how great it was to see again some of my local dive friends, Drew and Frank. Thanks too, to Polly, Blaise and Blaine for being so supportive of my dream.

I was on Fox news last evening.

My first open water dive is scheduled to be on June 17th and 18th of this year, at the DUI demo days in Black River Falls, WI at Wazee Lake. Some of my friends are already talking about having another fundraiser there too. Sometime this year also I am hoping to do my ocean dive in Key Largo, FL.

Attached are a few pics from the fundraiser on 2/18/06. http://matt55125.tripod.com/scuba/

Again thank you to everyone. None of this would have been possible without you.

Matt
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Sounds like It's going well, congrats mate
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My first open water dive is scheduled to be on June 17th and 18th of this year
I bet you're ticking off the days on a calendar! That dream will be right in your hands before you know it.
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Great news Matt, go for it!
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So glad you had a good day and railsed $9000!! That's fantastic. Great photos, by the way. All best wishes for your continuing success following your dream, we are all thinking of you. x
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Thank you everyone.

Yes, I am not to far off from the 1st big OW dive. I am so looking forward to doing something other than the pool.

It was a very successful fundraiser, and again thanks to all of you who always give me support.

My vent has been ordered and is on it's way.

Take care and safe diving,

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Hi Matt'
glad the Fundraising went well.
Not long before your OW dive... Your going to love it
We want lots of Photos of your big day.
Love to you & the team
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Hi Matt,

Best of luck with your OW diving, I'm sure you'll love it as much as we all did the first time we were let loose.

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