The Arizona Daily Star Sportsmen’s Fund raises money so children from low-income households and military families can attend summer camp at little or no cost to their families.
Since 1947, the Sportsmen’s Fund has helped pay for 43,468 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.
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 and teens with special needs.
Our original goal was to raise $225,000 to send up to 700 kids to camp. So far, we’ve received 641 donations totaling $113,104 or just under half of that with camps starting in June. We raised the goal on Saturday by $13,000 to pay for 13 Tucson-area kids with special needs who were on a waitlist for Camp Tatiyee.
Your contribution qualifies for the Arizona tax credit of up to $800 for donations to qualifying charitable organizations. Our code is 20450. We do not share or sell our donor information. Donations are welcome throughout the year.
Recent donations include:
Melanie Bates, in memory of my cousin, Robert L. Bates $350.
Martha Breard, $50.
PJ Brown, $52.37.
M. Yoyatzis Frelinghuysen, $100.
Randall Garland, $75.
Raymond Glos, $520.87.
Marcia Gold, $100.
Gary and Yvonne Huckleberry, $100.
Morgan and Sharon Hunter, $200.
Richard Keiler, $250.
R.M. Mead, $60.
James Percival, $104.42.
Robert A. Petersen, $200.
Helen Read, $100.
Bill Roemer, in memory of Dan Warren and George Kalil, $80.
Bob and Sally Schleu, in memory of Elaine L. Cohen, $150.
Dr. Ravi Sethi and Dianne Maki-Sethi, $100.
Lydia Slipp, $200.
James S. Tolley, $325.
Alex Vanhuis, $50.
Amalia Walther, $50.
Five anonymous donations totaling $525.
