Food Pantries
DMACC Food Pantry Resources
Food pantries are a vital resource for students at DMACC, offering free, nutritious food to those facing food insecurity. With many students balancing the costs of tuition, housing, and other essentials, access to healthy meals can be a challenge. DMACC’s food pantries provide essential groceries to help students focus on their studies without worrying about their next meal. Supported by donations and volunteers, these pantries create a strong sense of community, ensuring that no student has to go hungry while pursuing their education.
Locations & Contacts
We know it’s hard to concentrate if you’re hungry or stressed about stretching your budget to cover food and living expenses.
That’s why DMACC established Pamela’s Food Pantry in Ankeny, offering students access to free food.
The pantry, exclusively for DMACC students, offers a variety of healthy, non-perishable food items including snacks, single-serve foods, and simple meals to take home and prepare.
Pamela’s Food Pantry was established in 2004 by DMACC staff member Pamela Parker, who observed how hunger impacted the success of students. It serves approximately 500 students per year and is supported by community partners.
Pamela’s Food Pantry locations on the Ankeny Campus:
- Building 5 – dry goods and fruit inside the student services area.
- Building 6 – dry goods and fruit outside the Disability Services Office and refrigerated food in the library hallway next to the vending machines.
Additional Non-DMACC Resources:
Sign Up for Alerts
DMACC students can sign up to receive alerts when food is available in the fridge. Click here to enter your DMACC Student ID to sign up. You will need to sign up each semester you are enrolled in a DMACC class, look out for reminders at the start of term in the Student Daily newsletter.
We know it’s hard to concentrate if you’re hungry or stressed about stretching your budget to cover food and living expenses.
That’s why DMACC Boone has partnered with the Food Bank of Iowa to offer students a pantry stocked with free food. This summer, the Boone Campus Food Pantry is open for shopping by appointment. Just email boonepantry@dmacc.edu or call Erin Neumann at 515-433-5037 to schedule your visit.
Fill your grocery bags with a variety of shelf-stable foods, dairy products, produce, frozen meat, and eggs.
The pantry is open to ALL members of the DMACC community, including current and incoming students, employees, and alumni from all DMACC campuses and attendance centers. There are no income requirements, so use our pantry to help your grocery budget go further.
Questions?
Contact: Erin Neumann, (515) 433-5037 or eaneumann@dmacc.edu
For other food pantries and resources, visit Food Bank of Iowa.
DMACC Des Moines/Urban has a community fridge now located in Bldg. 1. The refrigerator offers a variety of meals and fresh fruit and vegetables depending on the season. There is also a pantry with dry goods as well. The fridge and pantry are adjacent to the library in the student kitchenette.
Questions related to the Urban Community Fridge can be directed to April Clark aaclark3@dmacc.edu