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Take Advantage of 2 Special Giving Options for DMARC April 2014!

Until April 30, 2014, you can increase your giving impact with two donation matching offers partnering with Des Moines Area Religious Council's Food Pantry Network. Your goal: to help fill the new DMARC food pantry warehouse shelves!

 

Douglas M. Woods $10,000 "Challenge Hunger" Gift

This is the second year that local philanthropist Douglas M. Woods has generously committed to provide 50 cents for every dollar donated to the DMARC Food Pantry Network, up to the first $20,000 in donations. This challenge comes during a season when donations to the food pantry are historically low. Yet, the need for food assistance continues year-round. As part of the Challenge, your $10 becomes $15, $50 equals $75, and so on. During the "Challenge Hunger" offer, a $10 gift will help provide a week's worth of meals for a family.

 

The "Feinstein" Foundation & DMARC Team Up to Knock Out Hunger!

In 2013, the Feinstein Challenge resulted in over $99,000 in donations, or about 109,000 meals, designated for the DMARC Food Pantry. This year's goal is $100,000. Each gift or pledge will help boost DMARC' s portion of the $1 Million Feinstein grant which is distributed to all eligible organizations proportionally, based on cash and food pledges and donations received as a part of the "Feinstein Challenge". Consider designating a DMARC food pantry gift or pledge as a match for the 2014 Feinstein Challenge.

 

One gift can be designated for both challenges. Simply write the word "Challenge Hunger" and/or "Feinstein" on your check or donation card. For online gifts, designate "Challenge Hunger" and/or "Feinstein" in the Additional Instructions field.

 

If you prefer to pledge a future gift or if you need additional information, contact Development Director Kristine Frakes at: [email protected].

 

Donate online at: www.dmreligious.org/donate, or mail your donations to: DMARC, PO Box 12278, Des Moines, IA 50312-9405. Phone donations are also welcome at 515-277-6969.

 

Businesses, congregations, and other groups may download a flyer to post or a bulletin insert from the DMARC website. This is the prime time to contribute to DMARC's Food Pantry Network-gifts will grow to even more food for the hungry in our community!


 

Des Moines Area Religious Council / MovetheFood

1435 Mulberry Street

Des Moines, IA 50309

 

 

515-277-6969

April 10, 2014
Update: Lower Beaver is currently closed over
 I-35/80.  Please use Merle Hay Road or other approaches to access the Sikh Temple at
 4820 NW 59th Street in Johnston.

Join the Greater Des Moines Community
on April 11, 2014, 7:00 p.m.
 

Celebrating the 
Spring Festival of Baisakhi

 

 
- An invitation to learn more about
the Sikh community in Greater Des Moines

 

 

The Des Moines Area Religious Council invites you to visit the new Sikh Gurudwara on April 11th, 7pm, at 4820 NW 59th St. in Johnston.

 

Dr. Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh, Crawford Family Professor of Religion at Colby College in Waterville, Maine, will be speaking about the Sikh faith tradition and about the Spring Festival of Baisakhi, which is being celebrated this year on April 13-14, 2014.

 

The Sikh community will also be conducting Akhand Paath, an uninterrupted recitation of their holy book, Sri Guru Granth Sahib, in the main hall and attendees are welcome to experience it.

 

Please note:  We will gather in the entrance area and, as a sign of respect, remove our shoes and cover our heads with a scarf (scarves are provided by the temple) and proceed downstairs for the presentation. It is the custom to cover one's head within the Gurudwara precincts; the Gurudwara provides coverings for visitors if you forget to bring something along.

 

 

Please spread the word to your congregation members.

Thank you.

Who are we?

The Des Moines Area Religious Council is an interfaith organization with a core membership of over 130 congregations from four faith traditions. Recipient of the 2013 LIVE UNITED Advocate Award from the United Way of Central Iowa, DMARC provides a common means of responding to basic human needs and a context for interfaith dialogue.

 

The DMARC Food Pantry Network consists of 13 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 nine sites in Des Moines. The DMARC Food Pantry network helps meet short-term food needs when families do not have enough to eat. Once each month, families can receive a free, four-day supply of nutritionally balanced food. In 2013, DMARC assisted more than 34,000 individuals in the greater Des Moines community; 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 37 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.