Quilts
Thousands of quilts and comforters are shipped to destitute people worldwide each year by Orphan Grain Train. Those who have restarted their lives with quilts and other aid from Orphan Grain Train include:
- Latvians and others in need in the Baltics
- Russian, Kazakh, and Kyrgyz peoples in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
- Flood survivors restarting their lives after the flood of the Red River valley in 1997
- Hurricane survivors in Central America after Hurricane Mitch in 1998
- Tornado survivors after the Oklahoma City tornadoes of May 3, 1999
- Families who lost loved ones in the attacks of September 11, 2001
- Navajo Indians who live at high elevations and endure cold winters on reservations
- Families restarting after Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma
If you would like to donate quilts from your quilting club or society, please send them to the Orphan Grain Train regional division nearest you or the following address:
Orphan Grain Train Norfolk Warehouse
606 Phillip Avenue
Norfolk, NE 69701
(402) 371-8198
Please call us at (402) 371-7393 if you have any questions or comments.
Some of the Chandler, Ariz. quilters at Risen Savior Lutheran Church, part of California-Arizona-Nevada Division.
An Orphan Grain Train quilt on a bed in the Lutheran Deaconess Hospital in Tallinn, Estonia.