Iowa Culinary Institute Baking and Pastry Arts Program at DMACC Announces Fifth Annual Thanksgiving Dinner Roll Fundraiser

Proceeds from the fundraiser will help cover travel costs for students to attend the 2025 American Culinary Federation (ACF) National Convention in Las Vegas

• Dinner rolls can be ordered by the dozen in either white or whole wheat; cost is $8 per dozen.

• Orders are being accepted online now through 12 p.m. on Mon., Nov. 25.

• Order pick-up will be available from 10 a.m. to Noon on Wed., Nov. 27, at both the DMACC Newton Campus and the DMACC Urban/Des Moines Campus.

• Last year's fundraiser set a record for total orders, with students preparing approximately 700 dozen - or 8,400 individual - dinner rolls for customers.

Check dinner rolls off your Thanksgiving meal prep list! The Iowa Culinary Institute® (ici®) Baking and Pastry Arts program at DMACC is currently accepting orders for its Fifth Annual Thanksgiving Dinner Roll Fundraiser, with students in the program ready to prepare delicious, freshly-baked rolls for your Thanksgiving table. Orders may be placed now through 12 p.m. on Mon., Nov. 25, at baking.dmacc.edu.

Last year's fundraiser set a record for total orders, with students preparing approximately 700 dozen - or 8,400 individual - dinner rolls for customers. That impressive tally nearly tripled the fundraiser's previous record of 263 dozen, which was set just one year prior in 2022.

"Students in the DMACC Baking and Pastry Arts program are looking forward to working together on the Thanksgiving Dinner Roll fundraiser again this year," said Chef Ryan Binney, who leads the Baking and Pastry Arts Program at the DMACC Newton Campus. "It's a great group project and proceeds will be used to help cover travel costs for more than two dozen of our students who are planning to attend the 2025 American Culinary Federation (ACF) National Convention next summer in Las Vegas."

Cruz Castruita (right) of Des Moines, a student in the Iowa Culinary Institute® (ici®) at DMACC's Baking and Pastry Arts program, hands Becky Nalevanko (left) of Pleasant Hill her order of two dozen dinner rolls during last year's Thanksgiving Dinner Roll Fundraiser (photo credit: Lisa Schmitz for DMACC).

Place your order today

Rolls can be pre-ordered by the dozen in either white or whole wheat and will be packaged in a foil pan to make them easy to heat up. The cost is $8 per dozen, and order pick-up will be available from 10 a.m. to Noon on Wed., Nov. 27, at both the DMACC Newton Campus in Newton and the DMACC Urban/Des Moines Campus in downtown Des Moines. You will be asked to specify your preferred pick-up location when placing an order.

To place an order, visit baking.dmacc.edu and submit your order no later than 12 p.m. on Mon., Nov. 25.

Students who complete the one-year Iowa Culinary Institute® (ici®) Baking and Pastry Arts diploma program, which launched in 2020 and is offered exclusively at the DMACC Newton Campus, will graduate as skilled baking artisans who are prepared to begin working or to continue on to earn a two-year culinary degree.

To learn more about the program, visit baking.dmacc.edu.​

CONTACT: With any questions related to the Thanksgiving Dinner Roll Fundraiser, please email Chef Ryan Binney at [email protected]​ or call Brittany Tiffey at (641) 791-1720.

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