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Haiti Earthquake Relief Efforts
Orphan Grain Train, a Christian humanitarian relief organization headquartered at Norfolk, Nebraska, in cooperation with LCMS World Relief and Human Care will ship 513,216 “Kids Against Hunger” meals (two semi-loads) to Haiti during the week of January 17. Orphan Grain Train is shipping to Haiti both by air and by sea. Other relief shipments are in the planning stage. A semi-load relief shipment sent to Haiti last month arrived January 6 and is being used to respond to the disaster. Each semi-load contains 256,608 meals.
Orphan Grain Train welcomes cash donations of any amount to help the survivors in Haiti. Shipping one semi-load to Haiti costs more than $5,000 in transportation costs. Checks may be sent to Orphan Grain Train, PO Box 1466, Norfolk, NE 68702-1466. Please write “Haiti” on the memo line. You may also give on-line by credit card. You will receive an email confirmation of your gift as it arrives in Orphan Grain Train’s account.
Bulletin insert (5.5” x 8.5”, black & white) in .pdf format: 2010-01-20_Haiti_Earthquake_bulletin_insert.pdf
January 14 press release in .pdf (Adobe Acrobat) format: 2010-01-14_Haiti_relief_press_release.pdf
Relief shipments have been sent to Haiti by Orphan Grain Train since 1998. For example, on February 15, 2006, a 40-ft. container loaded with clothing, medical and school supplies, and hospital equipment was shipped from Wisconsin Division, destination Cap-Haitien, Haiti. The container arrived March 28, 2006, and its contents were distributed between a Catholic orphanage and the Clinic Medical Le Lutherien (Lutheran Medical Clinic) in Cap-Haitien.
Orphan Grain Train shares the name and character of Jesus Christ along with humanitarian relief here in America and around the world. Each regional division’s volunteers sort and load donated supplies, clothing, equipment, and other needed items. Orphan Grain Train has shipped more than 1,600 semi-loads of relief supplies for human need to more than 40 countries and 25 U.S. states since 1992.