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03/05/2010 Food Pantry Des Moines Area Religious Council Awarded $20,000 in Grant Funding to Provide Hunger Relief for Children Des Moines Area Religious Council Awarded $20,000 in Grant Funding to Provide Hunger Relief for Children
02/25/2010 DMARC Feinstein Challenge for Charity Feinstein Challenge for Charity
02/24/2010 Food Pantry DMARC Diaper Central: Collect 60,000 Diapers by July 1 DMARC Diaper Central: Collect 60,000 Diapers by July 1
02/22/2010 Food Pantry DMARC Soup Supper a Huge Success DMARC Soup Supper a Huge Success
12/17/2009 Food Pantry The Pet Pantry The Pet Pantry
12/11/2009 Food Pantry Aprons to Feed the Hungry Aprons to Feed the Hungry
11/26/2009 Food Pantry Happy Thanksgiving from DMARC Happy Thanksgiving from DMARC
11/20/2009 Food Pantry Deere Foundation Helps United Way DMARC benefits from a generous grant from the John Deere foundation.
10/29/2009 DMARC Iowa Rent Help Iowa Rent Help assists qualified renters who are experiencing financial problems
10/25/2009 Food Pantry EMC Insurance Hosts Food Drive Employees of EMC Insurance find a clever and fun way to raise food.
08/18/2009 Food Pantry Race for the Cure DMARC to collect food donations at Race for the Cure
08/18/2009 Food Pantry St. Luke's Episcopal Church Raises Food for Retiring Pastor St. Luke's honored their retiring pastor on Sunday by raising food for DMARC's Emergency Food Pantry
07/20/2009 Food Pantry Bankers Trust Interns Collect Food Items Inters with Bankers Trust volunteered to collect food items at an I-Cubs game.
06/26/2009 Food Pantry Brighton Collectables Raises Food, Awareness Brighton Collectables at Jordan Creek Mall has been running a food drive to support the DMARC Emergency Food Pantry
06/15/2009 Food Pantry DMARC at the I-Cubs Volunteers from Westminster Presbyterian helped collect donations at Sunday's I-Cubs game.
06/08/2009 DMARC New Development Director DMARC Welcomes Kristine Frakes as our new Development Director
05/14/2009 DMARC The Voice DMARC's latest issue of our quarterly newsletter is now online.
05/12/2009 Food Pantry Red Barrel Newsletter DMARC will now be posting our monthly Red Barrel Newsletter on our website.
04/21/2009 Food Pantry April 26--We Can Food Drive and Festival We Can Rally--This Sunday, April 26 at Capitol Square
04/20/2009 Food Pantry New Personal Products Donation Site DMARC has added a new recommended site for personal products donations
04/08/2009 Food Pantry DMARC Gets a Van DMARC has acquired a van to aide us in collecting donations.
04/08/2009 Food Pantry Wells Fargo Paper Bag Drive Wells Fargo collects paper bags for DMARC Emergency Food Pantries
03/10/2009 Food Pantry Dam to Dam Helps Emergency Food Pantry Des Moines' annual Dam to Dam Race is taking food contributions to benefit DMARC's Emergency Food Pantry.
02/24/2009 Food Pantry Penny War Raises More Than $2,000. The 4th grade class at St. Augustin School raised more than $2,000 in one week with their penny war.
11/18/2008 Food Pantry Colossal Cookie Sale Des Moines Area Hy-Vee Stores help feed the hungry.
11/17/2008 Compassion In Action Reggie's Sleepout a Huge Success DMARC President Ross Daniels reflects on his experience at Reggie's Sleepout.
10/20/2008 Compassion In Action DMARC President to “Sleep Out” As a way of saying thank you for the support DMARC receives from Reggie's Sleepout, Ross Daniels, DMARC President, will sleep out on November 14
10/15/2008 Food Pantry Make a Difference Day This year marks the 14th annual "Make A Difference Day" that DMARC has been involved with, and this year our need is greater than ever.
10/15/2008 Food Pantry New DMARC Emergency Food Pantry Location On Wednesday, October 15, a new emergency food pantry site opened in Urbandale after months of planning and preparation.
  • 3816 36th Street, Suite #202
  • Des Moines, IA 50310
  • Phone: 515-277-6969

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.
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 offers a range of programs designed to help fulfill our mission: