Help them out
By Times Staff Writer
Published January 23, 2008
Brooksville
A New Generation: 134 E Fort Dade Ave., provides free pregnancy tests, adoption information and support, post-abortion counseling and abstinence education. Needed: cash, baby items, disposable diapers, wipes, clothing and volunteers. Formerly known as A Women's Resource Center. Call 544-0911.
Dawn Center Thrift Store: 650 Broad St.
Habitat For Humanity: 2035 Broad St., needs volunteers, skilled or not, for building projects and to serve on committees. Call 754-1159 or 754-1255.
Hernando County Foster Parent Association: This is a nonprofit organization that provides field trips and activities for foster children. P.O. Box 15195, Spring Hill, FL 34609. Needs school supplies, diapers (all sizes), clothing and monetary donations. Call 754-0377.
Hernando Education For Adult Readers In Training: 801 N Broad St. Needed: volunteers to be tutors, student referrals, space for a literacy program and cash. Call 797-7018.
Jericho Road Ministries Inc.: 1090 Mondon Hill Road, provides a residential program for homeless men. Needed: food, paper goods, phone cards, used eyeglasses, coffee, oil, milk, butter, laundry soap, dish soap. Volunteers and donations for the two thrift shops (16479 Wiscon Road and 15319 Cortez Blvd.) are needed. Call (352) 799-2912.
Mid-Florida Community Services: 820 Kennedy Blvd., provides food, rent and utility assistance to low-income and elderly people when funding is available. Needed: cash, canned goods of all varieties, pastas, rice, personal hygiene items, paper goods, detergents, beans, baby formula, baby food and disposable diapers (all sizes). Call 796-1425.
Reins of Hope: 22300 Hayman Road, Brooksville, offers a therapeutic riding program for those challenged by physical, mental and emotional disabilities. Boarding, lessons and trail rides are offered. Volunteers are needed. Call 799-HOPE (4673).
Salvation Army: 15464 Cortez Blvd., serves emergency cases and supplements other programs. Their cupboard is often bare. Needed: fresh meat, groceries of all kinds, including frozen foods, cereals, potatoes, pastas, warm jackets, working electric heaters and warm clothes for children. They also need cash donations. Call (352) 796-1186.
Spring Hill
Baby Love Crisis Pregnancy Center: (Mariner Plaza) 2107 Mariner Blvd., provides free pregnancy tests, supplies, adoption referrals and housing assistance. Needed: cribs, bassinets, port-a-cribs, infant clothing, formula, baby wipes, disposable diapers (all sizes), personal hygiene items, volunteers and cash donations. Call 683-8217.
Catholic Charities Pregnancy And Parenting Support Services: 1423 Kass Circle, provides free pregnancy tests, baby clothes, adoption services and many other services for pregnant women. Needed: cribs, highchairs, playpens, disposable diapers, baby wipes, formula, baby food and volunteers. Call 683-5533.
Big Brothers/Big Sisters Of Hernando County: 15120 County Line Road, provides adult mentors for children. Needed: volunteers (all ages) to serve as mentors to the boys and girls on the waiting list. Call 684-7904.
Dawn Center Of Hernando County (Rape Crisis and Spouse Abuse): 5429 Commercial Way, provides counseling, housing, advocacy and support to victims of violence. Needed: volunteers to answer phones, to transport clients and to offer life skills programs, cleaning supplies and paper goods, new white sheets and towels, phone cards, and gift certificates. Call 592-1288.
Karen's Kit'n Kaboodle (St. Andrew Thrift Shop): 2301 Deltona Blvd., needs volunteers. Call 666-0461.
St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store: 1291 Kass Circle, needs donations of nonperishable food, cereals, paper and personal hygiene products, cash, household goods, tools, small and large appliances and furniture. Call 688-3331.