We at Daystar Life Center of Citrus County work to make a positive difference in people's lives. Our principal service is to provide immediate assistance for the basic needs of individuals and families who reside in Citrus County, Florida, and who have low income or who are homeless or who have children and are struggling. We offer primarily food, clothing and financial help—mostly rent and utility assistance.  However, we have to limit our financial assistance to those with a verifiable critical need due to circumstances or conditions beyond their control and can then sustain themselves after receiving our help.
 

Daystar was established in 1983 by Father James Hoge and members of St. Benedict Roman Catholic Church in Crystal River. It started as a small food and clothing ministry in a nearby house owned by the church. At that time there were other Daystar Life Centers in Florida. Some of them still exist, but each Daystar is separate from and unaffiliated with the others.

The name “Daystar” comes from two citations in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. Jesus refers to himself as the daystar, or morning star, in Revelation (22:16). In the second letter of St. Peter (1:19) Christians are exhorted to practice the teachings of Jesus until he rises within them like the daystar. The daystar, or morning star, is the planet Venus brightly reflecting the sun before it dawns.