Send a kid to camp: We're half way to fundraising goal

The Arizona Daily Star’s Sportsmen’s Fund Send a Kid to Camp program raises money so children from low-income households and military families can attend overnight YMCA, Boy Scout and Girl Scout camps for little or no cost to their families.

We are raising $180,000 to send 670 kids to summer camp. So far this year, we’ve received 825 donations totaling $89,733; we’re half way to our goal.

Several donations today are in memory of Jim Riley, former Pima County manager and a longtime Sportsmen’s Fund member.

Fellow member Jeff Ronstadt remembers: “I met Jim Riley when I was a kid going to the Triangle Y Ranch camp with the Y Indian Guides with my dad and brother. He was a larger-than-life Irishman from New York who loved camping, fishing and spending time outdoors with his family and friends. He believed, and I’ve grown to agree, that a week at an overnight camp in Arizona will change any child’s life for the good.”

Since 1947, the Arizona Daily Star Sportsmen’s Fund has helped pay for 37,907 children to go to camp. It is one of the oldest 501c(3) charities in Arizona. Your contribution qualifies for the Arizona tax credit of up to $400 for donations to qualifying charities.

Recent donations include:

Howard Ault, $100.

Mary Baenziger, $100.

Robert Barnes, $500.

Larry and Randi Berkson, $400.

Randy Carlson, $100.

Lawrence and Judith Carrs, $50.

Pamalee Churchill, $100.

Richard and Joyce Cox, $50.

Peggy Devries, in memory of Jim Riley, $75.

Eleanor Doren, $50.

John Duntley, $25.

Teri Edmunds, $25.

Irma Ficzeri, Pat Hale, $100.

H. Winston Fire, $200.

Michael and Renee Fosdick, $50.

Thomas Foust, in memory of Jim Riley, $100.

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Sally Garner, $55.

Barbara and Alan Gilbert, in memory of Cindy Steinmetz, $25.

H. & B. Goudy, $40.

Sherry Graves, in memory of Shirley Boughton, $50.

Hildegard Haines, in memory of Jim Riley, $50.

Lavonne Haines, in memory of Jim Riley, $20.

Jason and Wyn Hayward, in memory of James Riley, $5.

John and Elizabeth Heintz, $100.

Robert Henry, $200.

William Holmes, $100.

Richard and Sharon Houston, in memory of Jim Riley, $50.

M. L. Hutchins, $50.

Adrian Ingalsbe, $25.

Donald and Eleanor Jeck, $250.

Mr. and Mrs. Austin Jensen, $10.

Berry Joann, $50.

Wallis Downer, in memory of Joyner Arturo Lopez, $100.

Carolyn Kobe, $100.

Cynthia Kramer, in memory of Chuck, $200.

Duncan Macdonell, $200.

Dorothy Mallar, $50.

More donations will be acknowledged in the coming week.