DMARC News


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01/13/2013 Food Pantry RDG Art Studio Open Studio Day, February 4, 2012 RDG Art Studio Open Studio Day, February 4, 2012
01/11/2012 Interfaith Engagement DMARC Interfaith Youth Program Our interfaith youth program is back!
01/09/2012 DMARC Get your 2012 Calendar Here Order your 2012 calendar now!
12/27/2011 DMARC . . .for all you did. . . Thank You
12/21/2011 DMARC Here's something different for the holidays Here's something different for the holidays
11/23/2011 DMARC Happy Thanksgiving! Happy Thanksgiving!
10/26/2011 Newsletter You've got mail! The Voice is DMARC's quarterly newsletter
10/10/2011 Food Pantry Media Release :: Food Pantry Network Serving Record Number of Families Food Pantry Network Serving Record Number of Families
09/07/2011 Food Pantry Help Kids. Support Reggie's Sleepout. Getting Read for Reggie's Sleepout
08/25/2011 Interfaith Engagement Common Ground :: An Interfaith Gathering Common Ground, an interfaith gathering
06/27/2011 DMARC 2011 Bow Ties & Bowls 2011 Bow Ties & Bowls
06/08/2011 Interfaith Engagement Can you imagine what would happen if we were transformed into people who transform the world? JustFaith Ministries
06/03/2011 DMARC Summer Hours Summer Hours
05/06/2011 Newsletter Presenting the newest edition of The Voice Presenting the newest edition of The Voice
04/11/2011 DMARC David Bear Memorial Interfaith Lectures David Bear Memorial Interfaith Lectures
03/21/2011 Interfaith Engagement Sacred Spaces Sacred Spaces
02/28/2011 Food Pantry Pottery for sale Pottery for sale
02/21/2011 Food Pantry Thank you for coming! Thank you for coming!
02/21/2011 Compassion In Action Thanks for lending a helping hand. Compassion in Action
02/18/2011 DMARC Fifth Annual DMARC Soup Supper & Pottery Sale Fifth Annual DMARC Soup Supper & Pottery Sale
02/11/2011 DMARC Thank You for the Des Moines Register Aurora Award Thank You for the Des Moines Register Aurora Award
02/03/2011 Newsletter The Voice is here! The Voice is here!
01/19/2011 DMARC Thank You! A Call to Support the Outside In Campaign
01/19/2011 Food Pantry The Food Pantry Network has a new look! The Food Pantry Network has a new look!
01/18/2011 Food Pantry A Resource to Help Plan Your Food Drive A Resource to Help Plan Your Food Drive
01/13/2011 Food Pantry RDG Dahlquist Art Studio Open Studio Day, Feb 4 RDG Dahlquist Art Studio Open Studio Day, Feb 4
01/01/2011 DMARC Make It a Day "On" Take A Day "On"
12/23/2010 DMARC What about the Work of DMARC inspires you? What about the Work of DMARC inspires you?
12/15/2010 DMARC Light a Candle That Shines On. Light a Candle That Shines On.
12/12/2010 DMARC Don't Eat Alone Don't Eat Alone
12/03/2010 Food Pantry We get by with a lot of help from our friends. We get by with a lot of help from our friends.
11/23/2010 Food Pantry DMARC Emergency Food Pantry Network is Seeing Record High Requests for Food DMARC Emergency Food Pantry Network is Seeing Record High Requests for Food
11/11/2010 Newsletter The Voice is here! The Voice is DMARC's quarterly newsletter
11/04/2010 Food Pantry Sammons Financial Group Day of Action Sammons Financial Group Day of Action
10/28/2010 Food Pantry What the World Needs Now is Love What the World Needs Now is Love
10/25/2010 Food Pantry Should Emergency Food Taste Good? Should Emergency Food Taste Good?
10/20/2010 Food Pantry DART Food Ride DART Food Ride
10/18/2010 Food Pantry Thank You for Participating in Reggie's Sleepout Save the Date--Reggie's Sleep Out, October 16
10/13/2010 DMARC Remembering Reggie Remembering Reggie
10/10/2010 Food Pantry Thank You Hunger Hikers! Thank You Hunger Hikers
09/24/2010 DMARC Cookies With a Mission--There's still time! Cookies With a Mission
09/20/2010 DMARC Des Moines Area Religious Council brings SNAP Application Process to Food Pantry Consumers Des Moines Area Religious Council brings SNAP Application Process to Food Pantry Consumers
09/16/2010 DMARC It's Cookie Time! It's Cookie Time!
09/15/2010 DMARC 10 Ways to Serve Cookies -- Hy-Vee Colossal Cookie Sale, Sept 14-27 10 Ways to Serve Cookies
09/14/2010 DMARC Hy-Vee Colossal Cookie Sale -- Sept 14-27, 2010 Hy-Vee Colossal Cookie Sale
09/13/2010 DMARC It's Cookie Time! It's Cookie Time!
09/10/2010 Interfaith Engagement Des Moines Area Religious Council Executive Director Calls for Interfaith Community Des Moines Area Religious Council Executive Director Calls for Interfaith Community
09/03/2010 Food Pantry Sunday! DMARC at the I-Cubs DMARC at the I-Cubs
08/22/2010 Newsletter Question, Answer, Promise The Voice, now available online
08/02/2010 Food Pantry Tucker Ruppert: An Uncommon Boy Tucker Ruppert: An Uncommon Boy
07/30/2010 Food Pantry Empty Warehouse Causes DMARC to Give Thanks Empty Warehouse Causes DMARC to Give Thanks
07/08/2010 Food Pantry 4th of July in Windsor Heights 4th of July in Windsor Heights
06/28/2010 Food Pantry Final Count In! DMARC Diaper Central Campaign DMARC Diaper Central Campaign Approaches Goal of 60,000 Diapers by July 1st!
06/16/2010 Food Pantry What's For Dinner? Announcing DMARC's Most Needed Food Items Most Needed Food Items
06/14/2010 DMARC Principal Financial Group Foundation Provides $5,000 to Assist Young Families Principal Financial Group Foundation Provides $5,000 to Assist Young Families
06/07/2010 DMARC Here's a User-Friendly Food Assistance Program for Older Adults Here's a User-Friendly Food Assistance Program for Older Adults
05/26/2010 Food Pantry Principal Par Sustenance Principal Par Sustenance
05/21/2010 Food Pantry Continental Western Group / W.R. Berkley Foundation Donates to Des Moines Area Religious Council Emergency Food Pantry Continental Western Group / W.R. Berkley Foundation Donates to Des Moines Area Religious Council Emergency Food Pantry
05/19/2010 Food Pantry A Full Pantry is a Beautiful Thing A Full Pantry is a Beautiful Thing
05/14/2010 Food Pantry The Answer is Yes The Answer is Yes
04/17/2010 Food Pantry Rock On Aviva USA Rock On Aviva USA
04/07/2010 Food Pantry Donuts, Jokes, and the Serious Business of Transporting Emergency Food Donuts, Jokes, and the Serious Business of Transporting Emergency Food
03/30/2010 DMARC A Thousand Thanks to the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick A Thousand Thanks to the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick
03/26/2010 Food Pantry Drake Students Give Time and Talents Drake Students Give Time and Talents
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
12/17/2009 Food Pantry The Pet Pantry The Pet Pantry
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

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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: