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Hey Youth! Don't forget to sign up before August 3rd... | |
 Learn about social justice in our community and how YOU can make a difference! The day-long camp includes:.
- Tour of DMARC Food Pantry
- Tour various worship spaces
- Tour community outreach organization
- Expert speakers
- Games
- Small & large group sharing
- Prayers from various faith traditions
Cost is $25. Scholarships are available. Click here to print a poster. Register by going online to print a registration form. Then complete and send the form and check payable to: DMARC, 3816 36th St., Ste. 202, Des Moines, IA 50310-4710. Or contact the DMARC Office at: 515-277-6969.
This event is facilitated by the Center for Social Ministry, an organization that provides poverty awareness/justice education programming in Des Moines.
This Youth Justice Camp is made possible by the Larry and Kay Myers Interfaith and intercultural Ambassador Initiative.
A Legacy - Larry Myers was passionate about serving the community. He served as
president of DMARC and the DMARC Foundation, and he played a
key role in bringing the Jewish community into the DMARC family.
Additionally, his leadership moved DMARC to play key role in establishing Hospice of Central Iowa. Larry fervently believed in
DMARC's service initiatives. |
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Join us for Plant a Mile Harvest on Wednesday, August 1, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Rinehart Family Farm in Boone. We'll be carpooling from the DMARC Food Pantry Warehouse. |
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 We need 15 to 20 volunteers for the potatoe harvest on Wednesday, August 1! Can you help?
We're set to harvest potatoes and possibly other produce on Wednesday, August 1 at the Rinehart Family Farm northwest of Boone, Ia.
We'll plan to leave at 8 a.m. from the DMARC Food Pantry Warehouse, 3816 36th St., Des Moines, and return before 3 p.m. The MovetheFood.org truck will be going to haul the harvested produce. The plan is to be in the field by about 9:30 a.m. and work to harvest the potatoes and the rest of the produce. Before we return, we'll share a potluck meal and be on the road again by about 1:30 p.m. We'll unload the truck at the warehouse when we return to Des Moines and should be done by 3 p.m.
We need 15 to 20 volunteers. They will need to bring a food item to share for the potluck lunch. Transportation will be by car pool, so some volunteers will need to drive.
Volunteers are from DMARC, Buy Fresh, Buy Local - Drake University, and Kitchen Collage. To volunteer, contact Drake's State Food Policy Project Coordinator Matt Russell at 515-271-4956 or
matt.russell@drake.edu. |
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| Community Calendar & Submissions: |
We are pleased to point you to the community calendar on the DMARC website. You may access it at any time. Feel free to upload your own events! Just click on "add an event". To get to the community calendar, click here: http://www.dmreligious.org/communitycalendar'
To submit an event: send us your name, phone number, email address, website address, title of event or announcement, sponsoring organization, and a one sentence description. Send to info@dmreligious.org. DMARC reserves the right to edit submissions.
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Who we are?
The Des Moines Area Religious Council is an interfaith organization with a core membership of about 140 congregations from four faith traditions. Recipient of the 2010 Aurora Award from the Des Moines Register, DMARC provides a common means of responding to basic human needs and a context for interfaith dialogue.
The DMARC Food Pantry Network consists of 12 separate pantry sites, a centralized warehouse, and numerous community partners. It is the largest food pantry network in Iowa. Pantry sites are located in West Des Moines, Ankeny, Johnston, Urbandale, and eight sites in Des Moines. In 2010, the DMARC Food Pantry Network assisted about 10,000 families.
MovetheFood is a DMARC-led initiative to address the entire food system in Greater Des Moines, building on more than 35 years of the Food Pantry Network, catalyzing fresh generations, and engaging new constituencies to further support a vision for a day when everyone in Polk County has enough to eat. |
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