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Hernando County Food Pantries

Below is a list of food pantries serving Hernando County Residents Only. Take note on each listing the ID documents required.

PLEASE CALL BEFORE GOING TO ANY OF THESE FOOD PANTRIES. THEY MAY BE CLOSED OR OUT OF FOOD.

THIS LIST WAS UPDATED ON 08/2012

Food Pantry Name Address Phone Hours of Operation Requirements
Behind The Stones Ministries Bread/Food Items @ New Song Worship Parking Lot 6001 Deltona Blvd. Spring Hill, FL 34606 727-808-4096 Every Thursday from the RV – until FOOD IS GONE www.behindthestoneministries.org
Calvary Church of the Nazarene 235 Cobblestone Rd. Spring Hill, FL 638-0587 Tues 10am – 12pm Photo ID
Dayspring Pres. Church 6000 Mariner Blvd. Spring Hill, FL 686-9392 Friday 10am – 12:30pm None
Day Star Life Center 7120 Hope Hill Rd. Brooksville, FL 799-5930 M,T,TH 9am – 1pm Monthly Photo ID, SS Card, Proof of Residency
First United Meth. Church Brooksville 109 S. Broad St. Brooksville, FL 796-3363 Tues & Thurs 9am – 1pm Photo ID, SS Card, Proof of Residency
First United Meth. Curch Spring Hill 9344 Spring Hill Dr. Spring Hill, FL 683-2600 Wed. 9am – 3pm ID, SS card, Bill, Birth Cert., and SS for kids
Forest Oaks Lutheran Church 8555 Forest Oaks Blvd. Spring Hill, FL 683-9731 Tues 9am – 12pm Photo ID, SS Cards for kids
Grace World Church 20366 Cotez Blvd. Brooksville, FL 796-3685 3rd Sat. 8am – 10am Photo ID
Greater Love Outreach Ministries 77 Lucas Dr. Brooksville, FL 352-585-7328 Tues & Thurs 10pm – 1pm ID or SS Card
Holy Cross Lutheran Church 6193 Spring Hill Dr. Spring Hill, FL 683-9016 Mon 9:30am – 1pm Photo ID, SS Card, Proof of Residency
Holy Trinity Lutheran 1214 Broad St. Brooksville, FL 796-3094 Tues 9am – 11:45am once monthly Photo ID, SS Card
Hope Community Bible Church 13241 Spring Hill Dr. Spring Hill, FL 686-6020 1st & 5th Tues 9am – 12pm Proof of Residency
Jericho Rd. Ministries 1163 Howell Ave. Brooksville, FL 799-2912 Mon, Tues, Wed & Fri 9am – 12pm Photo ID, Proof of Residency
Living World Fellowship 1240 Jefferson St. Brooksville, FL 754-4335 Tues & Wed 10am – 12pm Photo ID
Love Thy Neighbor 409 Jefferson St. Brooksville, FL 428-9434 1st & 3rd Mon 2pm – 5pm Photo ID
Love Your Neighbor 109 S. Broad St. Brooksville, FL 428-9434 Every Sunday Free Dinner 4pm – 6pm
Mariner United Methodist Church 7079 Mariner Blvd. Spring Hill, FL 596-0080 Mon & Thurs 9am – 1pm Photo ID
Nativity Lutheran Church 6363 Comm. Way WW, FL 597-1456 M-F 9:30am – 1pm Photo ID Only every 30 days
New Hope Assembly of God Rt.50 in Ridge Manor 799-5151 Call first 3rd or 4th Thurs of Month Call First
Northcliff Baptist Church 10515 Northcliff Spring Hill, FL 683-5882 Tues & Thurs 10am – 12pm ID, Proof of Spring Hill Residency
People Helping People Senior Center Spring Hill, FL 573-4178 Free Dinner every Sunday N/A
Ridge Manor United Methodist 34350 Cortez Blvd. Brooksville, FL 583-3770 USDA 1st Mon 4:30pm – 6:30pm Photo ID
Salvation Army of Hernando County 15464 Cortex Blvd. Brooksville, FL 796-1186 Tues 9am – 3pm Photo ID, SS card, Proof of Income
Spring Hill 7th Day Adventist 2300 Osowa Blvd. Spring Hill, FL 686-1143 2nd and 4th Sunday 

12pm – 2pm

 Photo ID
Spring Hill Church of the Nazarene 9600 Century Dr. Spring Hill, FL 683-1945 3rd Tues 9am – 12pm
Springs of Life Family Church 19832 County Line Rd. Spring Hill, FL 238-8690 Friday 11:00am New July schedule TBD Hunger
St. Vincent DePaul 1291 Cass Circle Spring Hill, FL 688-3331 M-F 10:00am – 3pm Sat. 10am – 12pm Photo ID. SS card, Bill with Current Address
The Bridge Christian Life Center 7279 Pinehurst Spring Hill, FL 683-2863 Wed 9am – 12pm Photo ID
Victorious Outreach Church County Line Rd. Spring Hill, FL 942-0256 Sunday 12:30pm – 4:30 pm Photo ID, SS card

PLEASE CALL BEFORE GOING TO ANY OF THESE FOOD PANTRIES. THEY MAY BE CLOSED OR OUT OF FOOD.

Mission Statement

"To assist the poor and needy of Hernando County with life's basic needs: Food and Resource Information."

Donate Funds

How You Can Help Us Help Others

Make a Financial Donation. You can make a donation through this website, drop it off at Daystar Life Center or mail it to us at 20428 Cortez Blvd, Brooksville, FL 34601.

Make a Material Donation such as furniture, appliances, housewares or clean clothing that we can sell in our thrift shops. Our trucks are scheduled for pick-ups on Tuesdays and Fridays throughout Hernando County.
Please call 352-799-5930 to schedule a pick-up.

Become a DayStar Volunteer. We need help in the office, Thrift Shop sorting and assisting on the trucks (not driving). You can help one day a week for a 4 hours. You can also help once or twice a year on special projects.

Come and Buy Something at our Thrift Shops. We are located ¼ mile on Hope Hill Rd behind St. Anthony’s. Our current hours are Thursday, Friday and Saturday 9:00 AM to 1:00pm.
Need Directions Click Here for a Map.

Clothes, Appliances, Furniture and More!
Inventory Changes Weekly.
Open Thursday, Friday & Saturday 9:00 to 1:00

Our Contributions to Hernando County Families

DayStar partners with Operation Heartfelt, a program that provides backpacks to students for family weekend meals during the regular school year. DayStar has committed to be a part of this program.

DayStar’s food pantry regularly donates to other local charities with extra bread and pastries when there is an overabundance, including The Salvation Army, Jericho Road Ministries, Dawn Center, Love Thy Neighbor, and Forest Oaks Lutheran Church.

The food pantry provides for example, a family of four, meat, butter, bread, pastries, and non-perishable items that equal 37 pounds of food. This is a substantial amount of food, by any food pantry standard.

Last Thanksgiving, DayStar was able to provide holiday food for over 118 families through their food pantry and the generosity of local residents through donated gift cards. This year, we will help 350 familes.

DayStar also partnered with J.A.M., (Jesus And Me) ministry supporting their luncheon program, by providing 125 Brooksville children with toys for Christmas. Daystar also donated eight boxes of toys for children of the Dawn Center, assuring they had toys for Christmas. We also donate toys to Jericho Ministries and Head Start.

Plans are underway for another outreach project for the community through the Brooksville elementary schools to help with school uniforms for children that are in need. DayStar will partner with the Hernando Oaks Golf & Country Club community to raise money, and working with social workers in the school systems to help identify the children in need. We donated $1000.00 to Brooksville Elementary Schools.
For over twenty-eight (29) years, DayStar has been helping the elderly and retired in the community who are living on fixed incomes and are in a day-to-day struggle to maintain a normal standard of living.

The DayStar Life Center plans to continue their dedication to helping more people, sharing their abundance through additional outreach projects, and continuing to partner with more organizations in the area.