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

We have been through an overly long year of a pandemic. A lot of families who were living paycheck to paycheck, even before the year that we have had, now have seen their insecurities grow more extreme. This can be witnessed when a Mom skips meals to feed her family. With schools either holding class or not, the children have been lacking in their steady breakfasts and lunches that were covered under school programs, food that is greatly needed to grow and develop normally. This food amount decreased by 30% from March to November 2020 compared to the same time in 2019. Districts had to be creative to get food to the children. The Des Moines Area Religious Council (DMARC) Food Pantry Network provided this help with their Mobile Pantry that can go to sites of food insecurity. Food insecurity in Iowa jumped to 18.7% in August 2020, according to data from Food Bank of Iowa. That means nearly 600,000 Iowans did not have enough food to live an active, healthy life.

Our congregation never fails to help their hungry neighbors. The Douglas Woods Challenge (donations matched up to $20,000) was greatly helped by our donation of $1,310 for the month of March. Thank you to Finance for their assistance!  Many thanks to all for always being there and for your generosity.

If you wish to donate to DMARC, please visit our church website polkcityumc.org/give.

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.

Questions? Contact Linda Pennington, Polk City UMC DMARC Delegate