The Beacon Community Kitchen that operated out of the Tabernacle Church of Christ at 483 Main Street in Beacon has closed as of January 8th, 2025, as first reported by Joe who ate from the community kitchen often. Beacon4Black Lives co-founder and former Councilmember Justice McCray also confirmed the closure during this week’s City Council meeting when they announced a new hot meal breakfast being served starting January 28th from Beacon’s Backyard, a partnership with The Yard at 4 Hanna Lane.

The soup kitchen operated separately from the church as its own nonprofit entity called In Care Of Multi-Services. Yesterday, the Beacon Community Kitchen’s manager, Candi Rivera, made her official announcement about the kitchen’s closure:

To All of our Friends, Family and Community at large who were always here reading and enjoying our post I want to say Thank You. As most of you perhaps know on Jan 8, 2025 closed it’s BCK doors. Many things influenced the decision which was certainly not an easy one to make.

I am grateful for the trust you placed in In Care Of Multi-Services, to manage the funds and provisions given to us in service to the Beacon Community through The Beacon Community Kitchen. The Volunteers, many who are residents of Beacon, served w love, diligence and dedication. Gave of their time, money and talent’s freely and without hesitation. We were a Family. A true Blessing.💕🙏🏼

Several individuals from the community volunteered to prepare and serve food, and several businesses donated food, as recently reported by ALBB during Thanksgiving time.

In her statement, Candi announced another soup kitchen opening: “A partnership has been established between Fareground and First Presbyterian Church Beacon to continue providing meal. Their first run will be Friday Jan 31st for dinner. It also pleases me to announce that mostly all the volunteer w BCK will be joining their Team. Please stay tuned for more on this.”

First Presbyterian Church is located at 50 Liberty Street, which is across the Fishkill Creek.

An interview with Candi will be published in the Beacon Free Press by Kristine Coulter.