Thank you generous Arizona Daily Star readers for helping us send kids to camp

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.

We officially kicked off our 2025 camp fundraising drive March 5 with a donation envelope in the Arizona Daily Star. Our goal is to raise $225,000 to send at least 500 kids to overnight camp. We are continuing to tally donations we received in those envelopes in the first few days after the envelope appeared.

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 filers can donate up to $938 for 2024 taxes or $987 for 2025 taxes. All others can donate up to $470 for 2024 taxes or $495 for $2025. Donations made during 2024 or from Jan. 1, 2025, through April 15, 2025, to be claimed on the 2024 Arizona income tax return.

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 [email protected]

Donations are welcome throughout the year. Recent donations include:

Lynn Aldrich, in memory of Harley Aldrich, $25.

Stephen Auslander, in memory of Edith Sayre Auslander, $250.

Judy and Gene Beach, $200.

Stephen and Patricia Bielke, $50.

Peter and Suzy Bourque, $100.

M. Grace Brettholle, $150.

Brad and Jill Buxton, in honor of our moms, $200.

Greg Zeibell and Cindy Carlson, $208.54.

Kenneth Ahacic and Cheri Carroll, $200.

Leslie Daniele, Sky Ranch, $25.

James Davis, in loving memory of Cathy A. Davis, $500.

LG and Iris Dykers, $100.

Alfred and Sandra Luckau, $50.

Frank McWilliams, $260.59.

Jeff and Ann Mervin, $200.

Jane and Conrad Paul, $208.54.

Four anonymous donations totaling $403.73.