Our Needs for Continuing to Help Needy Familes in Hernando County Florida | DayStar Life Center

Our Current Needs

With local unemployment at 11.5%, we are seeing a lot more first time families looking for help. We assisted 3000 families which represent approximately 8500 adults and children. We provided 35 tons of food and, in addition, we provided food baskets for 350 families at Thanksgiving. This Christmas season, we provided toys for 150 needy children.

You can participate in Daystar’s mission by doing any of the following:

Make a Financial Donation. 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 stores. Our trucks are scheduled for pick-ups on Tuesdays and Fridays throughout Hernando County. Please call 352-799-5930 to schedule a pick-up.

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 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM, Friday and Saturday 8:30 AM to 12:00 Noon.

Become a Daystar Helper. We need help in the office, thrift store and assisting on the trucks (not driving). You can help one day a week for a 4-6 hour shift. You can also help once or twice a year on special projects.

For more details please contact David Goodwin at 352-799-5930 or DGoodwin@daystarlifecenter.org

We thank all the people who help us and hope that you are proud of what we accomplish at Daystar. We ask you to continue your support and “help us help others”.

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.

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.