Please join the Arizona Daily Star in helping local children. Today’s Star includes an envelope you can use to mail checks so children from low-income or military families in Southern Arizona can go to camp for little or no cost.
Each year, readers give generously to help the Star send kids to camp. It’s a tradition we are proud to lead. We need your help.
Our goal is to raise $250,000 to send at least 400 kids to weeklong YMCA, Scouting America and Girl Scout overnight camps, and Camp Tatiyee, for school-age children with special needs. We've expanded our fundraising to send up to 400 more children from Title 1 schools to two shorter overnight camps: Sky School camp, an overnight science camp atop Mt. Lemmon, and to Camp Cooper, an overnight desert exploration camp on Tucson's westside.
You can use today’s envelope or send donations to Arizona Daily Star Sportsmen’s Fund, Send a Kid to Camp, P.O. Box 16141, Tucson, AZ 85732-6141, or go to azsendakidtocamp.org to donate with a credit card. Your contribution qualifies for the Arizona tax credit for donations to qualifying charitable organizations. Our code is 20450.
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Joint Arizona filers can donate up to $987 for 2025 taxes and $1,009 for 2026 taxes. Other Arizona filers can donate up to $495 for 2025 taxes and $506 for their 2026 taxes. Donations made during 2025 or from Jan. 1, 2026, through April 15, 2026, can be claimed on the 2025 Arizona income tax return. Our EIN is 86-6053274, which is needed for some fund transfers.
Since 1947, the Arizona Daily Star Sportsmen’s Fund has helped pay for 44,814 children to go to camp or have a camping experience. 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.
For more information, call Debbie Kornmiller at 520-954-3139 or email her at info@azsendakidtocamp.org
David McCumber
Executive Editor, Arizona Daily Star
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