Milbank Volunteers Pack 27 Pallets for OGT-Norfolk Shipments
Orphan Grain Train Collection Center in Milbank, South Dakota packed 27 pallets that included Mercy Meals, sleeping mats, quilts, hygiene kits and layette kits. Volunteers loaded the pallets into a truck that came from OGT-Norfolk. These items will be added to Norfolk’s inventory for shipments either domestically or internationally. The Milbank Center has six new…
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St. Mark’s Youth Serve
St Mark’s Methodist Church visited the Orphan Grain Train-Lincoln warehouse three times this week with three different groups of youth. They assembled Mercy Meals, hygiene kits, and school kits as well as packed quilts and blankets for disaster relief. Thank you, St. Mark’s for bringing your youth to volunteer at OGT-Lincoln and making this part…
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Ten Junior Highers Pack 100+ Clothing Boxes at OGT-Castle Rock
Ten Junior High Students from Family of Christ Lutheran Church, Monument, Colorado sorted and packed over 100 boxes of clothing at Orphan Grain Train-Castle Rock, CO on July 10, 2025. As their smiling faces show, the students and two mothers had a great time volunteering at OGT. Garry Fuller and Chuck Jones, not pictured, supervised…
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Hope on Wheels from Wisconsin to Texas
Orphan Grain Train-Wisconsin recently delivered a full load of supplies down to San Benito, Texas for distribution at the Pavilion. Medical equipment and supplies, 8,288 lbs. of food, clothing, bedding, 11,880 Kids Against Hunger/Food for Kidz fortified meals, furniture and household items. The Pavilion is a covered area that serves as a gathering place for…
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Houston Volunteers Deliver Hope to Brazoria
Orphan Grain Train-Houston recently delivered a load of blankets, sleeping mats, Bibles, hygiene kits and backpacks to Kings Militia in Brazoria, Texas. The King’s Militia started with annual trips on Thanksgiving to help the homeless get through the Texas winters. Upon becoming an official non-profit, they expanded to helping Veterans as well, including helping move…
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Beune Family Assembles Hygiene Kits During Reunion
Boyd and Jeanette Beune from West Point, Nebraska hosted a family reunion. As part of their reunion activities, the Beune family gathered at the Orphan Grain Train Servant Center in Norfolk and made 50 hygiene kits. They donated the supplies, built the kits and packed them in the boxes, ready for shipment. Boyd is a…
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Anderson Ford Gives Back
Ray Soto and Kurt Rosen from Anderson Ford toured Orphan Grain Train-Lincoln on July 3 and presented Jim and Kathy Carter with a generous gift of $5,000 for the ministry. Thank you, Anderson Ford of Lincoln!
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Cleaning Kits Aid El Dorado
On June 16th, Orphan Grain Train -Wichita Branch Manager, John Evans and volunteer Henry Boss delivered 39 disaster cleaning kits/buckets to the City of El Dorado, Kansas flood cleanup team. Part of the city suffered from flooding due to local heavy rains. Standing in front of the cleaning kits are two members of the El…
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Serving Christ, Serving Others
Pastor Tim and Keri Llewellyn and Jim and Kathy Carter at Faith Lutheran Church in Humboldt, Ne. Our small-town churches are small in numbers but mighty in walking with the Lord on His mission and partnering with Orphan Grain Train-Lincoln. Zion Lutheran in Pawnee City donated a multitude of hygiene kits, reusable diapers made out…
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