We’re grateful for Arizona Daily Star readers for helping us send kids to camp

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. New this year were scholarships for Flowing Wells students to go to the overnight Sky School camp on Mt. Lemmon.

So far, we’ve received 1,013 donations totaling $238,466.96 and spent $256,252 on scholarships to send 423 Southern Arizona boys and girls to camp.

Since 1947, the Sportsmen’s Fund has helped pay for 44,814 children to go to overnight 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. Our EIN is 86-6053274, which is needed for some fund transfers.

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:

Alfred and Sandra Luckau, $50.

Patricia McElroy, Remembering Tom, $250.

Dr. Wade and June McLean, in honor of Ollie Mayfield, $1,000.

Susan Stockton, in memory of husband Bill Stockton and many loved ones, $200.