MKV Monument

May 14, 2011 Drawing

The raffle ticket for the Jake Drawing was drawn May 14, 2011 at the Master Diver Reunion in Panama City Beach, FL, and the winner is Fernando Lugo, MDV, Ret.

 

March 20, 2010 Drawing

The raffle ticket for the Jake Drawing was drawn March 20, 2010 and the Winner is DCDivers.

 

MK V Monument

 

UPDATED FEBRUARY 26, 2010


We now will accept VISA, AMERICAN EXPRESS, DISCOVER, AND MASTERCARD.
Via phone or email (preferably phone)


Our Mission


“The Mark V Monument Project” is an undertaking to erect an eleven (11) foot tall bronze/granite JAKE monument. It will have a three (3) foot tall pentagon shaped granite base. Each of the five sides will display a bronze seal of one of the five services of the U.S. Military. The monument will celebrate all graduates, past, present, and future of all U.S. Navy Diving Schools that go down in the sea to work. This monument will celebrate traditions forever of divers around the world who have given their life's work to underwater ships husbandry, underwater construction, salvage of ships lost at sea, combat, and clandestine missions.


Bob Barth enlisted the help of Dave Sullivan from the Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center (NDSTC). To ensure everything was legal and above-board, Bob and Dave formed a not-for-profit Florida corporation, The Mark V Monument Project Inc. They also enlisted the help of Ed Delanoy, Dave Thompson, Kellard Jansen, and Jim McCarthy to form The Mark V Monument Committee (MVMC). The committee has been deeply involved in every aspect of design to ensure the product is technically accurate and to guarantee we erect a "JAKE" that all graduates (past, present, and future) of navy dive schools will take pride in.


The MVMC initially solicited the diving community for donations to design, fabricate, and erect the JAKE at NDSTC. Some very gracious donation were received but eventually waned off leaving a balance of funds far from what would be required to proceed. The MVMC put their heads together and brainstormed the idea to contract the production of 300 21-inch bronze/granite, certified, serialized, limited edition, exact replicas, of the monument for sale. At the writing of this article, approximately 119 of the statuettes and the corresponding limited edition certificates have been delivered to supporters around the globe, from Canada, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, and many US cities, coast to coast.


The price of these statuettes is $2,000 each (shipping included CONUS). There are only 300. This is a great price for a piece of art that is also a piece of history. We have the capability to accept your VISA, AMERICAN EXPRESS, DISCOVER Card, or MASTERCARD as payment by way of phone or email. We will also entertain partial payments, of $500 per month (delivery at final payment). The Mark V Monument Project Inc. has been granted Tax exempt status by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) under section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code, contributions are deductable under section 170 of the Code; therefore we issue a $600 deductable donation certificate with the purchase of each statuette.


We will actually only be selling 299 statuettes. We will be giving away serial # 001. We provided "drawing" tickets for a donation of $10. We had 1,000 of these tickets printed. The last ticket was sold recently. We are in the process of arraigning a news media covered drawing of the winning ticket. More information will be readily available on the Mark V Monument FACE BOOK site. This worked so well that we will be offering tickets for a second statuette. The donation is $20, however there will only be 250 tickets. They will go very quickly.


If you are interested in contributing to the successful completion of this project by becoming a proud owner of one of these serialized limited edition statuettes, you can place an order using the following phone numbers and emails:
We encourage and are still accepting donations for this effort. Corporate Sponsorship in amounts greater than $5000 will receive special recognition in the form of one of the three hundred statuettes. Please contact Dave Sullivan or Bob Barth for information on where and how to send your tax-deductible contribution.


The “REPLICA SALES” tab indicates how many statuettes have been purchased, the corresponding serial numbers and who purchased them. We will now be maintaining a minimum of 20 statuettes on hand for immediate shipping upon your order. Delivery to your designated location (CONUS) will be within a couple days of placing your order. Reservations require payment in full (unless you have made prior arrangements). If you have, any questions please contact either:


Bob Barth.......... (850) 785-6249 bob.barth@mchsi.com
Dave Sullivan ........ (850) 234-4162 or (850) 819-4163 (C) markvmonumentproject@comcast.net