St. Louis Churches and Tornado Victims Receive OGT Aid
Orphan Grain Train Missouri-Illinois gave out over 8,683 pounds of food to three local Lutheran churches with food pantries in the St. Louis area. They also shared quilts and blankets to Christian Friends of New America and distributed infant diapers and medical supplies with Action STL for recent tornado relief. Thank you, volunteers of Missouri-…
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OGT Phoenix Gets Boost from Thrivent & Wells Fargo
This picture is from Orphan Grain Train Phoenix volunteer, Stephanie Arruda, (back row first on the left). She works for Wells Fargo Bank in the Consumer Lending-Auto Line of Business Department in Chandler, AZ. She and her teammates made hygiene kits for OGT/Phoenix, using funds from a Thrivent Action Team Card. Hygiene kits are always…
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Food for Juticalpa in Honduras
The Municipality of Juticalpa, Honduras is awaiting a healthy shipment of dried corn and peas that was sent out by Orphan Grain Train Norfolk on May 14. Ten bags of dried corn and eight bags of dried peas will go to people living in difficult circumstances in this developing country.
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Disaster Relief Delivered to North Carolina and Kentucky
Orphan Grain Train Norfolk returned to Harmony, North Carolina with another load of disaster relief. The goods were delivered to Mike Toberer of Mission Mules. His team will deliver the food, disaster buckets, quilts and other supplies to the communities still in need of care around North Carolina and Kentucky. Thank you, Mike and Michele…
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Castle Rock’s Care on the Move
Orphan Grain Train Collection Center in Castle Rock sent out a shipment of linens, quilts children’s and adult clothing, medical equipment, bikes and children’s toys and backpacks. The shipment will be welcomed by Taurage Evangelical Lutheran Congregation in Lithuania. Thank you, Castle Rock volunteers for gathering on that beautiful blue-sky day and joining forces to…
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OGT Lincoln Hosts Girls State Packing Event
The Orphan Grain Train Lincoln Collection Center hosted a Mercy Meals packaging event on June 2-4 at the Cornhusker Girls State meeting in Lincoln. 149 high school seniors-to-be packaged 49,260 meals in three sessions. The young women came from communities throughout Nebraska, and spent the week learning about government, responsible citizenship and service to others….
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Volunteers Raising Hope
Orphan Grain Train Lincoln Collection Center volunteers are finishing part of the group’s warehouse in Lincoln, to serve as a packaging area for Mercy Meals. The project is being coordinated by volunteer Barry Radebaugh, owner of Radebaugh Construction, and by Jim Carter, OGT Lincoln manager. Most of the materials have been donated, and all of…
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Bringing Comfort to the Desert
Orphan Grain Train Phoenix delivered a load of linens, blankets, clothing and household items to Tohono O’odham Nation in Sells, Arizona. Sixty boxes of hygiene products, 30 layette kits and 24 pieces of medical equipment were also delivered with this load. The Tohono O’odham Nation is located within the Sonoran Desert in south central Arizona….
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Answering the Call for Help
“Please send hay.” The lack of rain for over a year prompted a call from Lori Mercer, Ministry director and part owner of Cornerstone Children’s Ranch in Quemado, Texas. Both Orphan Grain Train Wisconsin and Norfolk responded. OGT Wisconsin sent 38 bales of hay and 480 four-gallon bottles of water in late May, while OGT…
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