Welcome to Daystar Life Center. Help us help others.

Daystar Life Center of Citrus County is located at 6751 W. Gulf To Lake Highway in Crystal River, Florida 34429.

We are a federally recognized charitable organization, consisting of a Food Pantry, a Thrift Store and a Social Services Office.

We are open from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. Monday through Friday, except federal holidays, Thanksgiving Day weekend, Good Friday, the week of July 4th, and the weeks including Christmas and New Year’s Day.

Clients (those who seek help) seeking financial assistance MUST SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT and come to our Social Services Office when they have the required documentation.  For help to pay rent to prevent eviction, to make a mortgage payment to prevent foreclosure, and to pay an electric or water bill to prevent disconnection, please call (352) 795-8668 and press 1.   Call between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. on weekdays to schedule an appointment.

For food or clothing people may come on a weekday without an appointment to the Social Services Office.  For clothing come between 9 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. and for food come between 9 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.  

We are an ecumenical ministry of St. Benedict Catholic Church in Crystal River, Florida, under the auspices of the St. Petersburg Diocese. We are ecumenical because we welcome the involvement of all other Christian churches. We are a ministry because we bring people together to serve others in fulfillment of our mission.

Our mission is our response to God’s call expressed in the Holy Bible (Deuteronomy 15:7-8, NRSV):

“If there is among you anyone in need, a member of your community in any of your towns within the land that the Lord your God is giving you, do not be hard-hearted or tight-fisted toward your needy neighbor. You should rather open your hand, willingly lending enough to meet the need, whatever it may be.”

The mission of Daystar Life Center is to provide immediate assistance for the basic needs of the poor, the homeless and the struggling families with children in Citrus County, Florida. We welcome people of all faith traditions, ethnic heritages and socio-economic backgrounds to support and to help carry out that mission.

The primary forms of assistance we offer to those who meet our eligibility criteria include food, clothing and financial help—mostly for rent or utilities. In order to save time and travel, please call ahead or send an email to schedule an appointment and to understand what required documentation will be needed for help with rent, mortgage, electric or water bills.

Schedule a speaker

We are happy to send someone to your organization, church, club, school or business to speak about Daystar Life Center. Call our Executive Director at (352) 794-3721 or send an email to DaystarLife1@gmail.com.