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Hope for the Hungry
Feeding Greater Des Moines
November 10, 2012
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
St. John's Lutheran Church
600 6th Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50309
Attend! This hunger symposium seeks creative solutions toward accomplishing the goal of alleviating childhood hunger by 2015 in greater Des Moines. Here is the day's outline:
- Keynote speaker: Yogesh Shah, M.D., Associate Dean, Global Health, Des Moines University, will address: What Does Hunger Look Like?
- Workshops include: Local experts will share their experience with what childhood hunger looks like... at school, in the home and for the Des Moines community.
- Video & Discussion: We'll watch, Hunger Hits Home video, and followup with a panel discussion.
- Goals: Alleviate childhood hunger by 2015 in greater Des Moines!
Do you know that 1 in 5 Iowa children does not have enough to eat?
And that 3 in 5 children in the largest school district in greater Des Moines qualified for free school meals during the last school year? Do these children go hungry at home?
Connect with other participants and experts in the field as we learn about childhood hunger in our area. Join the discussion and contribute your ideas as we plann our 2013 projects toward the 2015 goal.
The Bridge, an ecumenical group of downtown churches, will provide lunch. A free-will offering for lunch will support the Bridge's downtown Connection Cafe, which serves free lunch five days a week to people in need.
The day ends with a drawing for door prizes from Iowa Food Cooperative and a rain barrel from Rain Barrels Iowa will be the grand prize!
Register now and save! Registrations postmarked by October 26 are $15 per person; later registrations are $30 each. Registration forms are available online at www.hopeforthehungry.blogspot.com. To learn more about sponsoring this event or if you are need in of a scholarship to attend, contact Director Diana Sickles at: dsickles@mindspring.com or 515-255-5055. |
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Who are we?
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 Networkconsists 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 2011, DMARC programs and services assisted over 33,000 individuals, nearly half of whom were children and youth.
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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