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[uwfan]

I've been thinking about going to a dive show and I the bay area! Count me in on this show and I'd be thrilled to volunteer/help in any way y'all need it! I checked out the website - it sounds awesome TCdamsel

I can help out at the Dive Show on Saturday, from 9-1, if you need me.

Whew! Step away for a day... and all kinds of help steps out of the woodwork.

Sending PMs your way with more info!

[uwfan]

Please check in the discussion forum for updates to information and look for emails or PMs from me to all voluteers ... Thank YOU!!!--Heidi aka uwfan aka fellow volunteer

[WreckWench]

Please check in the discussion forum for updates to information and look for emails or PMs from me to all voluteers ... Thank YOU!!!--Heidi aka uwfan aka fellow volunteer

Hey everyone...let uwfan or myself or scubapunk know if you do not have access to the special forum for detailed discussions over job assignments, arrival times, hotel arrangements etc.

[scubasandra]

Thanks to everyone who has volunteered to assist with the show!! If you haven't posted and can help, please let us know, we'd love to have you!



HEY FABULOUS VOLUNTEERS!!!

If you've volunteered, I've sent you a PM with the password. Please check the special discussion forum "Registration and Show Help" thread and verify if the information I've added about you is correct by posting in the thread.

Also, let us know if you can assist with VIP driving, and let us know where you can help at the show, if you are flexible then just post, "Use me where you need me."



You can get to the special discussion forum here.

If you have any trouble accessing the discussion forum, post or PM me and I'll assist you.

[uwfan]

Hey ScubaSandra,

Sent you a PM and would LOVE to have you help. PM me if you need some help connecting to our separate San Jose discussion forum and for offering to help with the show!

[uwfan]

INFORMATION NEEDED FROM OUR VIP DRIVERS:

If you volunteered to help with airport pick ups and VIP driving, please check in to the San Jose discussion thread here . We need information including your name, times you can help with pick ups at the airport, what type of car you have and how many people you can pick up.

Wenchie need this asap...THANK YOU ALL soooo much and Thanks in Advance for posting this information so we can create a master list.

As always, PM me if you need help, or send me an email at angels@singledivers.com with San Jose VIP in the subject line.

[WreckWench]

IMPORTANT UPDATE:

The show is basically in a week....we STILL NEED VOLUNTEERS to help out! PLEASE consider helping ESPECIALLY if you live in the area!

The VIPS do need pick ups and drop offs. They are quite fun to transport and this job is a 'high profile' sort of job! Who wouldn't like rubbing elbows...or suitcases with some of the dive industry's most famous people!


Please post here that you can help....and then give us specfics in the special thread above! If you have any questions call me at 214-350-7003 or email Heidi or myself at angels@singledivers.com

[UP Diver]

Heidi -

Thanks for the magic, ultrasecret password. No promises till end of this week, as I am playing "Lets Make A Deal" to get time cleared for FIJI, FIJI, FIJI!!!

I will keep you posted if I can make the event.

Jim aka UP Diver

[uwfan]

Thanks Jim, we will anticipate your answer and hope to see you there!

[uwfan]

Okay San Jose Dive Show people....we need to know when to have a HAPPY HOUR....do you want to do one Friday or Saturday night? Friday the show ends at 8pm and Saturday we will need to do break down after 5pm closing. Chime in and let us know...

[uwfan]

We're nearing time for the show...please check in the special discussion forum and post if you can help with specific jobs. Thank You!!

Reminder San Jose Dive Show Happy Hour is Friday after the show 8 or 830 pm at Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant

[uwfan]

Hey Californians! We're looking for a boombox to play a CD for the show (or computer and speakers). Anyone out there able to help?
Thank you!!

[uwfan]

A couple other items we need...

Anyone know the location of copy center nearby in case we run out of handouts??

Also, we need several cardboard boxes to hold "Care & Share" supplies in for our troops...Don't forget your CARE and SHARE items for the troops!!

[uwfan]

Quoting Victoria here to help you with IDEAS for those Care and Share packages....
Let's send more Caring to the Troops California!!

Here are the basic "do's and don'ts" of care package contents when sending to the troops.

DO'S:
Books
magazines (dive, sports, fitness, Guns & Ammo, Field & Stream, Car & Driver, Road & Track, etc...)
DVDs
gum & hard candies
Jelly Belly jelly beans
games
music CDs
replacement batteries (usually AAs) for personal CD players
chapstick
prepaid phone cards (these need to be specifically for calling to the U.S. from int'l locations.)
Q-Tips (good for cleaning ears, weapons, CD players, etc)
unscented baby wipes (a godsend for long patrols, and during/after a sandstorm)
gallon-size ziploc bags (good for keeping sand outta stuff....)
single-use gun cleaning wipes (Hoppe's is an excellent choice)
eye drops (saline, Visine, etc if you can find them, boxes of the little single-use vials are the best!)
portable nonperishable snacks such as

• dried apples
• dried cranberries SOME
• dried apricots SOME
• trail mix
• Jerky LOTS OF THIS!!!
• dry roasted nuts
• banana chips
• granola bars

Assorted teas
Ground coffee (please buy the troops freshly ground coffee, preferrably a dark roast)
drink mix powder in single-serving packaging (makes that bottled water tastier)
canisters of Gatorade powder
Emergen-C (click here to see what this stuff is, which can be purchased at any drug store or larger grocery store, as well as at Sam's Club or online at the link provided)
Oreos, Nilla Wafers, Chips Ahoy, Ginger Snaps, and other prepackaged cookies
GIRL SCOUT COOKIES!!! The more, the merrier!
HOME MADE COOKIES & BROWNIES!!
Pretzels and other snacks that are sturdy enough to ship well
TABASCO SAUCE in multiple small bottles so that they can be packed in a ruck for patrols
personal care and toiletry products (hair clips, brushes, ponytail elastics etc for female troops)
Toothbrushes
Small tubes of toothpaste
fitness supplements (protein, Hydroxycut, Super B Complex, etc)


DON'TS:
Chocolate or other meltable candies (they just become a mess before the box even arrives)
volatile liquids (flammables or aerosols)
perishable foods (nothing like receiving a box of slimey moldy science projects...)
no religious materials (according to the USPS)
NO PORN
To quote BeachJunkie: "For gawd's sake, no Irish Spring soap!"

Cautionary comments:
If you send any sort of liquids (sunscreen, hand sanitizer, saline, whatever), be certain that the lid is tightly closed, and tape it over to ensure it does not leak. The USPS and/or the military will 86 any packages that have leaking contents.

[Victoria]

Heidi, you pretty much got the full list there.

There are specific requests from several of our SD members and contacts who are over there in Iraq & Afghanistan. Here's the list:

• timk's request: "Energy drink mixes, Gillette Atra razor blades, Jerky, sunflower seeds, somewhat healthy munchies are very welcome, baby wipes, magazines & books are good. My favorite candy in the world is Boston Baked Beans"
  
  
• Our contacts in Kabul & points south requested: Jerky, lots of energy drink mixes, sunflower seeds, jerky, baby wipes, magazines, jerky, books, trail mix bars, jerky, and lotsa school supplies (one of our contacts there is a ranking officer who is working with four schools) and protein supplements.
  
  
• TonyL requested jerky, sunflower seeds, energy drink mixes, trail mix bars, books & magazines...and glucosamine condroitin supplements for his "old" joints.
  
  
• Moose requested reading materials, school supplies for the local children (coloring books and crayons would be good too), and "not so very politically correct gag items" that he can get a good laugh over! (By the way, I'll ONLY be sending the non-PC stuff to Moose!)

Also, I'm cultivating a new contact in Afghanistan. She is the head nurse at a M*A*S*H unit, and I'll be looking for lots of goodies that are suitable for wounded warriors to receive, such as books, magazines, and hand written cards/letters along with edible treats!!! This contact will be able to distribute what we send to the men and women who need it the most: those who have been wounded in the line of duty. If y'all have used or new audio-books on CD, those are PERFECT.