As is our tradition, we kick off our summer camping season fundraiser on Rodeo Parade day, which is this Thursday, with a donation envelope in that day’s paper.
Our goal is to raise $190,000 to send 650 kids to camp.
Last year, 647 local boys and girls were able to go to weeklong overnight summer camp at a cost of $207,757.
The Arizona Daily Star Sportsmen’s Fund raises money so children from low-income households and military families can attend overnight YMCA, Boy Scout and Girl Scout camps and Camp Tatiyee, for school-age children and older teens with special needs, at little or no cost to their families.
Since 1947, the Arizona Daily Star Sportsmen’s Fund has helped pay for 40,070 children to go to camp. We’re one of the oldest 501c(3) charities in Arizona and one of the most efficient in our giving, with 98 cents of every dollar going to send kids to camp.
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Your contribution qualifies for the Arizona tax credit of up to $800 for donations to qualifying charitable organizations. Donations through April 17, 2018, quality for the 2017 tax credit.
Donations are welcome throughout the year.
Recent donations include:
Susan Agrillo, $100.
Jane Bailey, $100.
Nancy Bowen, $100.
Thomas and Claire Brown, $150.
Debbie Kornmiller and George Campbell, in honor of Tom Foust, who kept the Sportsmen’s Fund going for a half-century, $150.
Bonnie Day, $75.
Theresa Dellheim, $100.
Glenn and Kathy Dixon, in memory of Leola Brown and Robert Dixon, $200.
Richard Kennedy, $100.
Don Laufenburger, $800.
Joyce Lockhart, $10.
Lori Mallett-Gray, $800.
Pitu Mirchandani, $100.
R.L. Perry, $100.
Mary Schulz, $100.
