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 at little cost or no cost to their families.
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.
Since 1947, the Sportsmen’s Fund has helped pay for 44,438 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.
This year we received 1,129 donations totaling $228,496.20 and spent $219,600 to send 384 Southern Arizona boys and girls 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.
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Joint filers can donate up to $938 for 2024 taxes. Single filers can donate up to $470 for 2024 taxes.
• 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.
Donations are welcome throughout the year. Recent donations include:
Susan Bacal, in memory of Martin Bacal, $100.
Adele Barker, $104.42.
Susan Barker In memory of Jim and Bess Wing, $260.59.
Jan Bell, in memory of my mother, Jane C. Reichart, who volunteered to send disabled kids to camp, $200.
Barbara S. Bergesen, $500.
Kathie Cade, $104.42.
Jay and Diana Caldwell, $520.87.
Bob and Laura Christofk, $234.
David Cohen, in memory of Jim Wing, $200.
Kerry Dufour, $260.59.
Mary Hughes, $208.54.
Alfred and Sandra Luckau, $50.
Judith McDonald, $100.
Martha A. Mecom, $100.
Barbara Miller, thank you for giving children a chance to experience camping, $500.
Al Navarrete, in memory of Coach Willie Peete and for boys and girls who went to Christmas Camp in Morenci, $100.
Marc and Nancy Pearlman, $300.
Vicente Rivera, in memory of US Marine Sgt. Rosalio Valencia, $208.54.
Stephen J. Shawl, $100.
Eric Stern, $100.
The Salpointe Class of 1967 Lunch Bunchers, in memory of Charles DeConcini, $162.
Roger and Colleen Werbylo, In honor of Jim Wing, $50.
Neil Zaer, $156.40.
Three anonymous donations totaling $1,527.64, including one in memory of Robert Flemming for $100.
