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The 13th Annual Hy-Vee Colossal Cookie Sale is Almost Here!
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The 13th Annual Hy-Vee Colossal Cookie Sale is just around the corner! From September 13-26, Hy-Vee cookies are just $0.12, or you can buy 100 for $10.99!
For each cookie sold, Hy-Vee will donate a penny's worth of food to the DMARC Food Pantry Network. Since 2003, Hy-Vee has donated over $85,000 through the Colossal Cookie Sale!
Now in its 13th year, the Colossal Cookie Sale has sold over 8.5 million cookies in total. This year, we're aiming for an all-time record number to push the total to 10 million cookies sold!
You can help us reach this goal in the following ways:
- Remind your congregation of the Colossal Cookie Sale
- Download a flyer to hang up or share
- Purchase cookies for your congregation, small group, sports team or workplace
- Get the word out on social media using the hashtag #10MillionCookies
- Share, retweet, and 'like' our social media activity
We are also looking for Sack Saturday volunteers to provide extra on-location promotion at Hy-Vee stores on the following dates:- Saturday, September 12 (the day before the sale begins)
- Saturday, September 19 (halfway point of the sale)
- Saturday, September 26 (final day of the sale)
In addition to regular Sack Saturday volunteer duties, these volunteers will help pass out promotional material for the Colossal Cookie Sale, and encourage shoppers to support the DMARC Food Pantry Network through the sale.
If you would like to organize a group to volunteer at a Sack Saturday event, please contact Red Barrel Coordinator John Robinson, 515-277-6969 x18.
Thank you, Hy-Vee, and everyone who participates in the Colossal Cookie Sale! |
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August Red Barrel News Now Available
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The August 2015 issue of Red Barrel News is now available! Simply click on the image above to view the PDF.
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Final Iowa Cubs Sunday Home Game of the Season!
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Volunteer to Conduct Surveys in Food Pantries
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DMARC is working with professors at Iowa State University to conduct a survey regarding food deserts, and we need your help!
We need to conduct 350 surveys altogether, and are looking for volunteers to help us do so. Volunteers will conduct surveys at food pantries in the DMARC Food Pantry Network.
Survey respondents will receive a $5 gift card. Compensation is also available for those who volunteer to conduct the surveys.
A training session will be provided for volunteers, date to be determined.
If interested, please contact DMARC Executive Director Sarai Rice at sarai@dmarcunited.org or 515-277-6969. Thank You! |
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Des Moines Area Religious Council
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1435 Mulberry Street
Des Moines, IA 50309
515-277-6969
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Peaches
canned in water or
light syrup
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August 29
August 30
September 7
Labor Day, DMARC Closed
September 10
September 13
September 13-26
September 14
September 17
September 19
September 21
September 25-27
October 8
October 11
October 13
October 17
October 20
DMARC Fall Delegate Assembly
October 25
Harvest Service
November 7
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DMARC does not require participation in religious services as a condition to receive assistance, and does not engage in religious proselytizing or counseling. DMARC practices non-discrimination in accordance with applicable federal and state regulations. All services and programs are provided to consumers without discrimination in regard to family size or structure, religious or cultural beliefs, race, gender, age,
or disability.
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Disclaimer: The Des Moines Area Religious Council makes every effort to provide accurate and useful general information in its eVoice, but accepts no liability for the use of materials by individuals or organizations. We gladly promote events and programs from partners that are connected to our mission, and related to the topic of hunger, poverty, interfaith relations, religious education or the arts. Our inclusion of such material should not be construed as being sponsored or endorsed by DMARC. Undated general announcements and employment opportunities are included for one week unless requested to be included for a longer period of time.
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Trinity UMC/Las Americas Seeking ELL Volunteers
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Trinity UMC/Las Americas have been offering ESL classes one morning and two evenings a week through our English Language Learners program since 2001. Although we started with just one teacher and one student, we have expanded to include over 30 volunteer teachers and teacher's assistants and almost 200 students. As our program has grown, so have the services that we have been able to offer. We now include social events a few times a year and provide free childcare during evening classes. Last year, we had almost 100 infants, toddlers, and school-aged children registered for childcare. Through the ELL program, we have been able to offer much-needed English instruction to immigrants and refugees in our neighborhood, and thus enable them to find better jobs, healthcare, educational opportunities, and ultimately, a home here in Des Moines.
Our program thrives on the relationships we have been able to build between volunteers, students, staff members, and community members. We would love to be able to form a relationship with you as well. We are looking for volunteer teachers, teacher's assistants, and childcare helpers who would be able to donate time one or two nights a week. We offer orientation, training, and the chance to become part of a welcoming, international community in exchange. We can also always use donations of supplies for classes and childcare-3-ring notebooks, dry erase markers and erasers, bilingual or monolingual dictionaries, ESL textbooks, small cups, coffee mugs, napkins, sugar, creamer, coffee, animal crackers, and juice. Any way that you would like to contribute would be much appreciated. Contact Veronica Stafford at vista@trinityumcdm.org or (515)-771-6591 to get started.
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The Comparison Project Programming Announced for 2015-2016 Series
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The Comparison Project has released its schedule for their 2015-2016 series, Theologies of Death and Rituals of Dying.
The programming includes six scholar lectures, two practitioner dialogues, an event that features members of Above +Beyond Cancer's 2015 mission trip to Nepal, and a short campus visit by Tibertan Buddhist Monks from the Tashi Kyil Monastery. |
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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 2012 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 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 2014, the DMARC Food Pantry Network assisted more than 41,000 individuals in the greater Des Moines community; half of whom are children and youth.
MovetheFood is a DMARC-led initiative to address the entire food system in Greater Des Moines, building on nearly 40 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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Disclaimer: The Des Moines Area Religious Council makes every effort to provide accurate and useful general information in its eVoice, but accepts no liability for the use of materials by individuals or organizations. We gladly promote events and programs from partners that are connected to our mission, and related to the topic of hunger, poverty, interfaith relations, religious education or the arts. Our inclusion of such material should not be construed as being sponsored or endorsed by DMARC. Undated general announcements and employment opportunities are included for one week unless requested to be included for a longer period of time.
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