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DayStar
The YMCA believes that
everyone deserves to enjoy life’s richness, and that
includes our members with mental and physical disabilities.
Our award winning DayStar program provides training support
and the YMCA’s special brand of love for handi-abled members
of our community.
DayStar is a Pre-vocational, Recreational and Rehabilitative
Day Treatment Program for Severely/Profoundly Disabled
Adults. With the support of the Department of Children and
Families, Brooks Health Foundation, Jacksonville Community
Foundation, The Reinhold Foundation, B.A.S.C.A., Trinity
Fabricators, and numerous community businesses and
individuals, the YMCA was able to develop this unique
program.
The founder, Jo Knott, recognized the need for programs for
disabled adults in Clay County. After graduation from public
high school, disabled adults in Clay County had few options.
Those incapable of assuming jobs in supported employment
found themselves relegated to seclusion in their
homes-organized programs capable of attending to their needs
simply did not exist. Thus with the support of B.A.S.C.A.
and the Bob Dye-Clay Family YMCA, the DayStar Center was
born.
 
Volunteers from the Clay County Fire and Rescue
Department, Ronnie Hutison (left) and Russell Bemem (right),
helped tile a room at the new DayStar center at the Barco
Newton Family YMCA.
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