The ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥ Daily Star Sportsmen’s Fund raises money so children from low-income households and military families can attend overnight YMCA, Boy Scout and Girl Scout camps and Camp Tatiyee — for school-age children and older teens with special needs — at little or no cost to their families.
Our goal is to raise $190,000 to send 650 kids to camp. So far, we’ve received 1,126 donations totaling $140,279, just under three-quarters of our goal.
Last year, 647 local boys and girls were able to go to weeklong overnight summer camp at a cost of $207,757.
Since 1947, the ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥ Daily Star Sportsmen’s Fund has helped pay for 40,070 children to go to camp.
We’re one of the oldest 501(c)(3) charities in ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥ and one of the most efficient in our giving, with 98 cents of every dollar going to send kids to camp.
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Your contribution qualifies for the ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥ tax credit of up to $800 for donations to qualifying charitable organizations.
Donations are welcome throughout the year.
Recent donations include:
Eunice Albright, $100.
Alpha Delta Kappa Psi, $150.
Gerald Anderson, $50.
Lorraine Backman, $40.
Judith Becker, $15.
Edward and Christina Berger Family Trust, $100.
Carol Borges, $25.
Patricia Burns, $250.
Patricia Cleveland, $100.
Comedy for Charity’s “Laugh Till it Hurts,†$200.
Janet Cornelison, in memory of Scarlett Anderson, $25.
Freja Cranston, in memory of Walter Romanowski, $100.
John Cross, $500.
Gary and Sandy Darling, $2,000.
Jeanine Delgman, $100.
Donald Dietrich, $250.
Robert Downs, $200.
Joyce Dunshee, $200.
Thomas Evans, $50.
Betty Fotis, $25.
Fred and Mary Frelinghuysen, $100.
Jim and Lynn Gardner, $25.
Antoinett Goldstein, $50.
Eloise Gore, $50.
Suzanne Gross, $100.
Donna Hansen Albertson, $200.
Leslie Hawkins, $50.
James Hemphill, $400.
Kautz Family Foundation, $7,500.
Jack King, $25.
Scott Lee, $25.
Joyce Lockhart, $10.
Gypsy Lyle, $150.
Susan Malynn, $25.
Lynn Marinelli, $200.
Robert McCord, $100.
Jan Means, $10.
Keith Meenan, $100.
Al Navarrete, in memory of Lencho Navarrete, $100.
James Nicklaus, $50.
John and A-Lan Reynolds, $700.
Barbara Riggs, $250.
Kathleen Rivera, $50.
G. Walton Roberson, in honor of Bob Svob and Stub Ashcraft, $500.
Stephen Sahakian, in memory of my brother Paul, $200.
Kimberly Schwartz, $25.
Bryon Snyder, $50.
Donna S. Snyder, $50.
Joselyn Stoller, $100.
M. Sutherland-Jones, $100.
Linda and Gerry Tumarkin, $100.
Joyce Unger, $50.
Donna Vining, $100.
Sandra Welsh, $50.
C.H. Willingham, $100.
Ann Wright, $500.
More donations will be acknowledged in the coming weeks.
