The Arizona Daily Star Sportsmen’s Fund raises money so children from low-income households and active military families in Southern Arizona can attend summer camp on scholarships funded by Star readers.
We send local kids to weeklong YMCA, Boy Scout and Girl Scout overnight camps, as well as overnight camping at Camp Tatiyee for school-age children with special needs.
We officially kicked off our 2025 camp fundraising drive March 5 with a donation envelope in the Arizona Daily Star. Our goal is to raise $225,000 to send at least 500 kids to overnight camp. We are continuing to tally donations we received in those envelopes in the first few days after the envelope appeared.
Since 1947, the Sportsmen’s Fund has helped pay for 44,391 children to go to camp. We’re one of the oldest 501(c )(3) charities in Arizona and one of the most efficient, with 97 cents from every dollar going to send kids to camp.
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Your contribution to the Arizona Daily Star Sportsmen’s Fund Send a Kid to Camp Fund qualifies for the Arizona tax credit for donations to qualifying charitable organizations. Our code is 20450.
Joint filers can donate up to $938 for 2024 taxes or $987 for 2025 taxes. All others can donate up to $470 for 2024 taxes or $495 for $2025. Donations made during 2024 or from Jan. 1, 2025, through April 15, 2025, to be claimed on the 2024 Arizona income tax return.
Credit-card donations and details on the camps we sponsor: azsendakidtocamp.org
Send checks, payable to Sportsmen’s Fund, to: Send a Kid to Camp, P.O. Box 16141, Tucson, AZ 85732-6141
For more information: Debbie Kornmiller at 520-954-3139 or info@azsendakidtocamp.org
Donations are welcome throughout the year. Recent donations include:
Marian Crane, $100.
Linda Dahl, $100.
C.J. Danek, $50.
William E. Downey, in memory of Ted and Ora Downey, $250.
Richard Evans, $104.42.
Eileen Fitzmaurice, $1,000.
George Garcia, $100.
Mary Garcia, $100.
William J. Hammond, $100.
Susan D. Hartman, $50.
Sally Horn, $40.
Barbara James, $100.
John Knight, $200.
Milan Murchek, $100.
Kathy Piercy, $208.54.
Jane Poliakoff, $50.
Jill and Jim Rich, $200.
Sigmon and Van Ry, $50.
Michael Ray and Barbara L. Schoenhals, $150.
Dana and Todd Scholer, thankful for Flowing Wells School District, $100.
Barbara Schubert, $100.
Cynthia Scott, in honor of my husband, Marvin L. Scott, who was forever a kid at heart, $150.
Eric Seedorff, $100.
Renee Seklecki, $100.
Ismat A. Shafiqullah, in memory of Dr. M. Shafiqullah, $200.
Maggie Shea, $100.
Jaqueline Shelton, $25.
Sally Sherbina, $25.
Jane Shore, $470.
Robert and Lynn Sloan, $200.
Susan Q. Sommer, $75.
Ronald P. Sparks, M.D., $100.
Joseph V. Spitler Jr., $100.
Sharon Stevens, $520.87.
Peter T. Stewart, in honor of my camp counselor Don Lewis, $100.
Barbara Stockton, $100.
R. Stroehl, $30.
Mark Thomson, $50.
Craig Trowbridge, $50.
William Urbine, $50.
Linda Stratton and Dr. A. Wesley Ward, $100.
Lucy E. Weeks, $50.00
Shirley Williamson, $70.
Stephen Windsor, $100.
Kevin Shoenfeld and Debbie Wojtowicz, $1,000.
William Wootton, $25.
Kathleen Workman, $50.
Thomas Wright, $228.
Laura Ziady, $150.
Five anonymous donations totaling $1,130.18.
More readers will be thanked in the coming week.
