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 926 donations totaling $217,749.66 or just over 96% 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. Our EIN is 86-6053274, which is needed for some fund transfers.
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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:
Marilyn Baptista, $209.09.
Ed and Linda Bolyard, $50.
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher M. Goldsmith, $200.
The Salpointe Class of 1967 Lunch Bunchers, $125.
Roy P. Drachman Foundation, $2,000.
Stephanie A. Keenan, $100.
Albert A. Lara, $50.
Lim Lee, $250.
William and Jane Matter, $100.
Georgianna M. Murphy, in memory of my husband, Terrance M. Murphy, LTC USAF, retired. We always, and still, keep our donations local, and to benefit children and families, $500.
Sarah Nadeau, $200.
Deborah and Thomas K. Robinson, $2,000.
Dianne Maki-Sethi and Dr. Ravi Sethi, $100.
John Jacobs and Dick Volger, in memory of our fraternity brother John “Fox” Batastini, rest in peace our good friend. Thank you for your brave service in Vietnam, Jake and Granny, $500.
Whitthoft Apprill Family Foundation, $1,000.
Three anonymous donations totaling $425.96.
More readers will be thanked in the coming week.
