The ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Sportsmen’s Fund raises money so children from low-income households and active military families in Southern ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ can attend summer camp on scholarships funded by 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 884 donations totaling $204,414.89 or just over 90% 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 ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ and one of the most efficient, with 97 cents from every dollar going to send kids to camp.
Your contribution to the ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Sportsmen’s Fund Send a Kid to Camp Fund qualifies for the ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ tax credit for donations to qualifying charitable organizations. Our code is 20450. Joint ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ filers can donate up to $987 for 2025 taxes, and other ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ filers can donate up to $495 for 2025.
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Credit-card donations and details on the camps we sponsor:
Send checks, payable to Sportsmen’s Fund, to: Send a Kid to Camp, P.O. Box 16141, ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥, AZ 85732-6141
For more information: Debbie Kornmiller at 520-954-3139 or info@azsendakidtocamp.org
Donations are welcome throughout the year.
Recent donations include:
Holly Abeles, in memory of Kymberly Tayleur. God bless you for organizing kids to camp!, $100.
Mr. and Mrs. John Beardslee, $25.
Earl L. Hamilton, in memory of Margaret Barringer, $200.
Maura Mack, keep up the great work, $200.
Diane Mitchell, $400.
Napier family, in loving memory of Marvin Napier, $200.
Connie L. Nine, in memory of Norma Lewis, $200.
Robert Ornelas, in honor of all moms, $25.
George and Carol Peabody, $300.
Richard Portman, $500.
Nan Rollings, $100.
Alan and Angela Stein, $200.
Susan Stockton, in memory of husband, Bill Stockton, and many dear friends, $100.
ÃÛèÖÖ±²¥ Conquistadors grant, $750.
Richard Zecchin, $100.
Two anonymous donations totaling $1,050.
More readers will be thanked in the coming week.