Because DMARC is committed to providing food to 14 partner pantry sites at no cost, they rely on support from generous contributors. Financial contributions are used to buy food at wholesale while donated food items are sorted, repackaged and then given to the pantry sites. You can make your donations to support DMARC through our church by clicking the button for online giving, or by mailing a check to Polk City UMC with "DMARC Food Pantry" in the memo line.

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UPDATES FROM OUR DMARC CONGREGATIONAL DELEGATE

 The Des Moines Area Religious Council (DMARC) Food Pantry Network is celebrating its 45th year of existence. 

The Des Moines Area Religious Council (DMARC) Food Pantry Warehouse has dealt with any crisis presented them.  They have had to stay flexible and risen to provide food in innovative new ways, from the gas crisis of the 1980"s, to the floods of 1993, to the Great Recession and presently the COVID 19 pandemic. The need for food pantries gain steadily even in times of "plenty."

Under the present leadership of Rebecca Whitlow, creative new ways to get food to people have been broadened. In the past five years, DMARC has added two mobile food pantries (2016/2018) to their fleet of vehicles, rolled out a "Refuel Station" mobile pantry (2018) for children, and launched a food pantry delivery service to bring food directly to the homes of people without transportation. 

In January 2014, DMARC moved into its current home at 1435 Mulberry Street, Des Moines, Iowa. In January 2016, additional warehouse space on Scott street was added. Food Pantry 2.0 was introduced in the summer of 2017. In the Fall of 2017, a visual data dashboard was introduced to target areas of hunger in the community. Lastly, April 2020 was the launching of delivery service to better assist those who do not have transportation.

DMARC is involved is so many ways of helping our hungry neighbors. Please consider donating

If you wish to donate to DMARC, please visit our church website polkcityumc.org/give, or if you wish to write a check, please write it out to Polk City United Methodist Church with "DMARC Food Pantry" in the memo and mail to the church. Also, whenever you are buying from Amazon please check out Amazon Smiles and consider DMARC for donations. Thank you always for never forgetting!!!

Questions? Contact Linda Pennington, Polk City UMC DMARC Delegate