Kids reach for the stars at camp, thanks to Arizona Daily 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 842 donations totaling $193,908.95, or just over 86% 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.

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:

Felix Arvizo, in memory of Maria L. Arvizo, $150.

Anne Hastings Baker, $52.51.

Diana Callimanis, $104.70.

Karen Christensen, in memory of Ryan Kay, $517.01.

Bob and Laura Christofk, $200.

Ruben and Irene Fernandez, $250.

Jamie Summers, in honor of Jim Wing, $250.

Dick and Nancy Walbert, in memory of Bert, Mary, Spike and Mary, $200.

Two anonymous donations totaling $204.70.