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RDG Art Studio Open Studio Day, February 4, 2012
13 Jan 13

Saturday, February 4th

10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

to benefit the DMARC Food Pantry Network

location: RDG Dahlquist Art Studio, 316 SW 5th Street, Des Moines

For more information, click here to be routed to our food-related website, MovetheFood.

DMARC Interfaith Youth Program
11 Jan 12
 
Community of Interfaith Youth (CITY)
 
In the CITY (Community of Interfaith Youth) we engage youth of different religious backgrounds to use their religious difference as an opportunity to be compassionate and serve one another and the greater community in which they live. CITY, a DMARC program, will meet once per month to build relationships among youth of different religions backgrounds and to serve. The program began November 10.
 
 
Next meeting and location to be announced soon.
    
 
For Ages 14-18
 
Parents are welcome to attend the first meeting. Please contact Colin.e.Faux@gmail.com for additional information.
Get your 2012 Calendar Here
09 Jan 12

Get your 2012 Center for Social Ministry calendar now! DMARC gets 20% of the proceeds from calendars ordered through our office. Check out the SALE! For more information, click here.

. . .for all you did. . .
27 Dec 11

Media Release :: Food Pantry Network Serving Record Number of Families
10 Oct 11
    
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
 
Media Contact: Sarai Rice, DMARC executive director, sarai@dmreligious.org, (515) 277-6969
 
DMARC FOOD PANTRY NETWORK SERVING RECORD NUMBER OF FAMILIES
 
DES MOINES, Iowa (Oct. 10, 2011) – The Des Moines Area Religious Council food pantry warehouse is being filled and emptied to the walls about twice each week, as the Council strives to meet growing needs for short-term food assistance in Polk County.
 
Even as record numbers of Iowans are receiving public food benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), DMARC is finding it a challenge to keep its Food Pantry Network warehouse stocked with enough food. Each week, about 20,000 purchased and donated food items arrive at the warehouse and are repackaged and transported to 12 metro-area pantries to provide over 26,000 meals for about 1,800 people. 
 
The Food Pantry Network has a new look!
19 Jan 11

 

Thanks to a broad base of incredible donors and amazing volunteers, the Food Pantry Network has operated for about 40 years. Now it's time to also catalyze fresh generations and engage new constituencies to further support our shared vision for a day when everyone in Des Moines has enough to eat.

We will officially launch in March 2011, but you can still come on over to our new website and tell us what you think:  www.movethefood.org

  • 3816 36th Street, Suite #202
  • Des Moines, IA 50310
  • Phone: 515-277-6969

www.MovetheFood.org 

  Check out our food related website!

 

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Welcome to DMARC

The Des Moines Area Religious Council (DMARC) is an interfaith organization that exists to provide a common means of responding to basic human needs and, in so doing, offers a context for interfaith dialogue, education, fellowship and support while serving as a liaison between member congregations and the greater Des Moines community.
Hours, office and warehouse

Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

(closed Christmas holiday and New Years holiday)
Some Facts About DMARC
  • DMARC has received IRS designation as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Contributions are tax-deductible as allowed by law.
  • We have more than 150 member congregations.
  • We have partners from ten different faith traditions.
  • DMARC was founded more than 50 years ago in 1952.
  • DMARC does not require attendance at or participation in religious services as a requirement or condition to receive services, and DMARC does not engage in religious proselytizing or counseling.
  • DMARC practices non-discrimination in accordance with all applicable federal and state regulations.
DMARC offers a range of programs designed to help fulfill our mission: