Each participant created a powerful 2-4 minute digital storytelling project, reflecting on their personal faith journey and the experiences that have shaped their beliefs. 🎬 Watch videos:

Youth building bridges through interfaith leadership and friendship 🌟. This past week, high school students and recent graduates from across Iowa came together for our Interfaith Youth Leadership Camp, immersing themselves in Des Moines' religious communities.

RT @DSMpartnership: Invest in Iowa’s children at @SCActionNetwork (SCAN)'s upcoming Advocacy Summit on Saturday, July 26 at @DMARCunited in….

This Saturday is a chance to get extra food for kids in your household through Healthy Kids Iowa. Visit the DMARC-Ket Southside Food Pantry and food will be distributed from 9 am to Noon via a drive-thru.

The Des Moines Area Religious Council (DMARC) reached out to faith leaders across the state to oppose major cuts from Congress and protect some of our most vulnerable neighbors. Read the full sign-on letter at

Starting Saturday, June 14, you can visit the DMARC-Ket Southside food pantry on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month (June through August), for Healthy Kids Iowa distribution. Food will be distributed from 9 am to Noon on those dates.

Summer hunger is no joke. A new pilot program is being launched by @IowaHHS to help provide Iowa families with more food during the crucial summer months when school is out. See if your household qualifies and where to go:

Local foods are essential to the work we do. We sat down with the Iowa Food System Coalition' At the Iowa Table' podcast to talk about how change is affecting our work. 🎙️ Listen Here:.

Prioritizing that families have enough to eat is just as important as providing healthy food options.

These changes would limit food options, create confusion at checkout, and harm Iowans who are already struggling with food insecurity. We believe supporting families means expanding choices — not taking them away. Read the full statement:

Please contact Rep. Zach Nunn and Rep. Randy Feenstra, who serve on the House Committee on Agriculture, and urge them to reject these harmful cuts to SNAP!

The bill includes a number of proposals that would be harmful on their own. Together, they would be absolutely devastating, especially for families who rely on both SNAP and food pantries to survive.

Cuts are coming. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), which helps 260,000 Iowans put food on the table, is under attack right now in Washington DC. Today and tomorrow, the U.S. House Committee on Agriculture will be voting on $290+ billion in cuts to SNAP.

Cuts to federal nutrition programs like SNAP and other federal assistance like Medicaid will have a huge impact on the many Iowans relying on their local food pantry.

This summer will be a difficult time for Iowans with kids in the household if resources are tight. This new program is a step forward, but many questions remain unanswered about how it will work. We need to prevent additional strain on those in need and feeding organizations.

A new summer feeding program was announced to try and function as an alternative to the Summer EBT program in the state of Iowa.

RT @IowaCubs: Support our community while enjoying Iowa Cubs baseball! . When you bring 3 non-perishable food items to the @DMARCunited Foo….

Many are suprised to here that the majority of those assisted by our food pantry network are either working, disabled, seniors or children.

Here in Iowa, we are facing nearly a 17-year low in SNAP enrollment while food banks and food pantries across the state are breaking records every month. Something just doesn’t add up.

Spring has sprung!🌻.Thank you to all our attendees, volunteers, and everyone who helped make our signature fundraising event, Spring Greens, a success. Didn't get a chance to attend? You can still support DMARC and our efforts to meet the need at