More thank yous as we top 40% of our Arizona Daily Star Sportsmen’s camp fundraising goal

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.

Our goal is to raise $225,000 to send at least 500 kids to overnight camp. So far, we’ve received 458 donations totaling $90,093.56, or just over 40% 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 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:

Vanessa Dearing, in memory of my camp buddy, Sabra, $104.70.

Ron and Sara Kessler, $25.

Maria and George Pappas, $50.

Tom and Eileen Rotkis, $1,000.

Maureen and Sandy Salz, $50.

Anne and Sam Shivers, in memory of Mark A. Gordon, $104.70.

Joe and Joyce Starman, $200.