OGT’s Disaster Relief Efforts Reach Worldwide
Orphan Grain Train provides disaster relief throughout the United States and around the world. Working with the people of the communities affected by various natural disasters, OGT has been able to provide needed aid and help long after the initial devastation. Orphan Grain Train helps families devastated by storms, floods, wildfires and hurricanes. When desperation is felt, OGT offers gifts of hope.
Disaster Relief Efforts
Six and a Half Miles and Counting in Hyannis
Six and a half miles of new fencing and, in the midst of trip seven, Orphan Grain Train fencing volunteers – Dave Meyer, Walt Rosenbaum, Mike Jundt and DeWayne Erickson – are spending the week pulling out the bad and putting in the new in...
Read MoreMore Hedge Posts for Hyannis
Orphan Grain Train’s Logistics Director, Brent Kummer, delivered another load of 2,400 hedge posts to Hyannis, Nebraska today, Sept. 3rd. Ranchers were there ready to offload the posts onto their trailers. The posts will be used to replace the ...
Read MoreOGT Indiana Delivers to Flooded Area of Indianapolis
On Saturday, August 22, Larry Thomas and Gene Ernst of Orphan Grain Train Indiana delivered a load of cleaning supplies, scrub buckets, brooms, etc. to the north side of Indianapolis, an area hit hard by the recent flooding. It has been decades since...
Read MoreLas Vegas, NM Receives Another 34 Bales of Hay
A second load of 34 bales of hay was delivered to Las Vegas, New Mexico today, Wednesday, August 26th. Thank you, Damon Thomas for donating this load! Thank you, Lowell for another load well delivered. Thank you, Janna Lopez, from Neighbors Helping N...
Read MoreOGT Fencing Crew Returns to Hyannis
They are at it again! Another Orphan Grain Train fencing crew have made their way back to Hyannis to continue the work. Brian Oswald, Mic Onnen, Ralph Heine, Don Knapp, Bill Masters and DeWayne Erickson are on this trip. For some of the men, this i...
Read MoreFencing Crew of Five Travels to Hyannis for Sixth Trip West
The Orphan Grain Train fencing crew left this Monday morning, August 10 for their sixth trip out to western Nebraska. Mick Onnen, Dave Meyer, Mike Jundt and Tom Rudloff will be joining DeWayne Erickson as they put in a few more miles of new fencing. ...
Read MoreNew Crew Prepares for Another Trip to Fence in Hyannis
The Orphan Grain Train fencing crew returned to Hyannis on Monday, June 29th. The crew, led by DeWayne Erickson, returning crew member Walt Rosenbaum and new members, Doug Shipley and Dave Meyer, will continue with the refencing that began on June 8t...
Read MoreOGT Water Purification System Continues to Bring Clean Water to Parottee, Jamaica
Orphan Grain Train’s state-of-the-art water filtration system is still being used in Jamaica. The system is set up in Parottee, Jamaica, in St. Elizabeth Parish, on the southwest coast of the island. Andre and Andrew., two local residents, are ...
Read MoreGod’s Promise Spread Across the Sky in Hyannis
God’s rainbow promise appeared after the rain shower in Hyannis, Nebraska yesterday, June 9th. DeWayne Erickson, one of the seven Orphan Grain Train team members who has been in Hyannis replacing fencing that was destroyed by the Morrill and Mi...
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