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Joyful Arrival in Dnipro: OGT-Norfolk Shipment Brings Food, Medical Aid, and Comfort to Ukraine

Dnipro Christian Church in Dnipro, Ukraine recently sent photos of the welcomed container of food, clothing, blankets, medical equipment, Christmas boxes and bicycles from Orphan Grain Train-Norfolk. Over 35,000 Mercy Meals, 32 wheelchairs, ten PET wheelchairs (adult and child) and 105 boxes of medical supplies were packed onto this load. The 70 boxes of stuffed…

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Michigan Volunteers Send Humanitarian Aid to Lithuania

On June 17, Orphan Grain Train–Michigan completed loading humanitarian supplies for the Lutheran Church of Lithuania. After the loading in Sebewaing and being trucked to Detroit, we anticipate the container taking approximately two months to travel first by rail from Michigan to Montclair, New Jersey for further loading at the Norfolk Pier onto a Latvian…

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OGT Ohio Sends Relief to Kentucky, Indiana, and Beyond

Orphan Grain Train Ohio was busy again at transporting needed items to groups in Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio. In May, Appalachia Reach Out in Inez, Kentucky received over ninety pieces of furniture, sixty boxes and individual household items, toys, clothing and hygiene supplies. Two days later, OGT Ohio traveled to The Attic in McKee, Kentucky…

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