April 1st,2020

A letter to the community from Deacon Rod Rowlands, CEO Beacon House.

Dear Friends,

As we are now well into week three of this “new normal” we are living in due to the Covid-19 pandemic, I want to give you a brief update on how Beacon House is coping.

Firstly, I want to ensure you that by the devotion of a small number of people we have been able to keep the food bank open with reduced hours Monday to Friday.  Operational times are
 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday 10:00 a.m.-12:00 noon, and Thursdays 6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. 

The Food Bank is still OPEN!

However, we are taking extra precautions to keep you and us safe.

Reduced hours, only 3 clients at a time in our waiting room, no handling of numbers, pens, clipboards.

Please be patient with us as we are very limited with our volunteers.

Stay Safe !

MONDAY - TUESDAY - FRIDAY 10 am to noon

THURSDAY 6 - 8 pm

Due to the Coronavirus and the province request

The Retail Store is now closed until further notice

The Annual General Meeting for Beacon House Interfaith Society will take place next Tuesday, May 28th at 7PM.

We will meet at the Building Futures site at 61 Glendale Avenue, Lower Sackville.

Learn about the work and progress of the Beacon House Food Bank through informative reports and a question & answer session. Our volunteers, interested members of the public & our member churches are warmly welcome.

NEW Policies on donations of February 1st, 2019

Hours of donation drop off will be 7:30 AM- 8:30 PM

Donation door will be closed after 8:30 PM

Thanks

Beacon House is an official nominee for Metro community choice award for Best Discount Store . Please hit the link below and vote for us.

https://halifax.metrocommunitychoice.com/n/122869-beacon-house-store-lower-sackville

Thank you!  

We are also hoping that you can help us out with back to school supplies this fall as our program is not being sponsored this year by FNS.  Sending children back to school can be very expensive and this program has been very well received in the past. I am including a list of back to school supplies requested in hopes that over the summer donations will come in so we have some supplies to offer our clients.

Thank you so much for your continued support and and I hope everyone enjoys the summer months!

Summer Student

Canada Summer Jobs Program 2018

Overview:

Beacon House is hiring a Grade 12 Graduate from the class of 2018, who is continuing their studies in the Fall. 

The Beacon House  AGM will be held:

Tuesday, May 29th 2018

at Building Futures

61 Glendale Ave, Lower Sackville.

All are welcome to attend.

Beacon House wants to thank the 2nd Beaver Bank "A" Colony Beaver Scouts. Realizing that many others don't have as much as they do, they gathered household items, clothes, toys, even some of their own, and other useful Items to Donate to Beacon House for those less fortunate. As part of this Project, "A" Colony Beaver Scouts Donated their Dues for the month of April to buy food items for the Beacon. Such a wonderful example of our youth making a difference!