The Arizona Daily Star Sportsmen’s Fund raises money so children from low-income households and active military families in Southern Arizona 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 746 donations totaling $174,060.19, or just over 77% of our goal.
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 info@azsendakidtocamp.org
Donations are welcome throughout the year. Recent donations include:
Burghard family, $200.
Nancy Chidester, $104.
Janine Contestable, $100.
Robin Coon, $1,000.
Robert Fabio, $109.42.
Roth Gordon Family Fund, $2,000.
Kathryn Gullen, $100.
Patricia K. Johnson, $100.
Sandra Kofford, $100.
Daniel and Kim Pinda, $100.
Gary and Janet Pugh, $150.
Donald and Helen Read, $100.
Byron M. Snyder, $100.
Robert Stofft, in honor of Dr. Michael Miller, Joe Birrell, Dr. Ken Renard and Arthur “Bud” Raddatz $400.
James and Wanda Torrey, $100.
One anonymous donation of $100.
More readers will be thanked in the coming week.
Boy Scout camp on Mt. Lemmon, 520-750-0385.
Camp Tayitee in the White Mountains, 480-380-4254.
Girl Scouts camp on Mt. Lemmon, 520-327-2288.
YMCA Triangle Y camp on the back side of Mt. Lemmon near Oracle, 520-884-0987.
And do tell them that Debbie from Send A Kid to Camp told you to call.
If you are age 70½ or older and have savings in an IRA, you may be able to give directly from your IRA and save even more on your federal and Arizona taxes. If your custodian sends a payment directly from your IRA to the Arizona Daily Star Sportsmen’s Fund, you may be able to deduct it as a Qualifying Charitable Distribution on your tax return even if you claim the standard deduction. Consult your tax adviser for more information about how this applies to you.
— Mikala Jansen, CPA, and Sportsmen’s Fund officer
From Wes Long, Executive director, Triangle YMCA Ranch Camp:
Triangle Y Ranch Camp was under evacuation orders May 21 due to the Cody Fire. We had no kids on site – only staff. We evacuated down to the Y’s NW branch at around 5 p.m.
After that, some of the American staff was nice enough to house some of the international staff. The Hilton off Broadway and El Conquistador were generous enough to give us special pricing for staff who were displaced during the evacuation.
I’m not sure when the evacuation orders were lifted but we were still not able to return to camp because the fire had damaged some remote/no access utility poles and wires so camp had no power.
One of our staff member’s parents owns a VRBO in Scottsdale and allowed the entire staff to come stay for free from May 27 through June 1. The power was restored May 31 and all staff returned to camp June 1.
We have been cleaning, activity training and getting camp prepared for our “1st” session of campers on June 8, which is Camp Corral, for children from military families.
All June 1 campers in our scheduled first week of camp received the option to transfer to another week or a full refund.
Subscribe to stay connected to Tucson. A subscription helps you access more of the local stories that keep you connected to the community.
Get local news delivered to your inbox!
Arizona Daily Star Sportsmen’s Fund
The Arizona Daily Star Sportsmen’s Fund raises money so children from low-income households and active-military families can attend overnight …
Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device.
