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, Scouting America (formerly Boy Scouts) and Girl Scout overnight camps, as well as overnight camping at Camp Tatiyee for school-age children with special needs.
Our goal is to raise $225,000 to send at least 500 kids to overnight camp. So far, we’ve received 842 donations totaling $193,908.95, or just over 86% of our goal.
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.
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 Arizona filers can donate up to $987 for 2025 taxes, and other Arizona filers can donate up to $495 for 2025.
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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:
Nancy M. Dick, $100.
Beth Dingman and Claudia McKay, Beth loved camp as a kid — it’s great you’re helping others to enjoy and learn, $100.
Becky Duncan, $35.
Robert P. Erickson, $100.
Carol and Carl Fetkenhour, $250.
Catherine Frick, $100.
Kathy Garrett, $100.
Patricia Hammes, $100.
Edwin Holliday and Jennifer Black, $20.
Eric Hubbell, $100.
Frederic Jandrey, $250.
Susan A. Kettlewell, $400.
Connie King, $100.
Martha S. Lee and Dr. Dian Li, $60.
Delores E. Morey, $100.
Maria Parham, $495.
Debbie and Barry Rahn, thanks for all that you do to give kids great summer memories, $100.
Catherine J. Scheiman, $200.
David B and Onofre Schnack, $150.
David D. West, $500.
One anonymous donation of $100.
More readers will be thanked in the coming week.
