Help us meet an unmatched need

The Des Moines Area Religious Council (DMARC) Food Pantry Network assisted 28,663 unique individuals during the month of October, becoming the highest monthly total in the nearly 50-year history of the network.

In the wake of this unmatched need, a special initiative is being launched this busy holiday season. Thanks to an anonymous donor inspired by Psalm 91:4, any gift you give to DMARC from November 1st to December 31st will be matched, dollar for dollar, up to $250,000. To try and meet the inflated demand of over 30k people in need in the coming month, this special matching campaign hopes to inspire individuals to know their contributions matter.

“Working together we can meet this need. This is a true dollar-for-dollar match so if together we raise $100,000, DMARC will receive a matching gift of exactly $100,000. Opportunities like this don’t come along often. For our 70,000 neighbors a year and counting who rely on a food pantry –  every little bit counts.”

DMARC CEO, Matt Unger

So far in November an average of 1,800+ people a day are receiving food assistance from the DMARC Food Pantry Network. This partnership of 14 permanently placed food pantry sites across the Des Moines Metro, multiple Mobile Food Pantry locations, and a home delivery program is providing a record level of food assistance in the

You can help meet this unmatched level of need by donating online at dmarcunited.org.

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