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Precious Pillowcase Dresses Donated

South Dakota • Branch Updates

Diane Jutting and Joan Street have been having lots of creative fun making 1,201 pillowcase dresses for OGT’s South Dakota Collection Center in Milbank. Thank you, ladies, for giving such precious dresses to many girls that otherwise would not have a dress.

Wonderful Volunteers Help Load Aid for Lithuania

Missouri-Illinois • International Aid

Missouri-Illinois Branch volunteers in St. Louis were grateful to load 1,151 boxes of various clothing, blankets, hygiene supplies along with medical equipment for Psichotery Rehabilitation in Lithuania. So many blessings for many in need.

Turkeys Delivered to Food Pantries in Nebraska

Norfolk Warehouse • Domestic Aid

OGT purchased 664 turkeys that were distributed for families to enjoy this Thanksgiving. 500 were delivered to Howard Co. Food Pantry in St. Paul, NE and were shared with organizations and families in need. Some were shared locally to organizations & families in need. Pastor Katherine Ebling-Frazier and friends from Connection Point (pictured) in Lincoln…

Manna Pack Meals Will Soon Feed Many in Madagascar

Norfolk Warehouse • International Aid

A shipment of 280,800 Manna Pack meals from Feed My Starving Children funded by OGT will soon reach Madagascar. Foyer des Handicapés de Tanjomoha will receive the much-needed food to feed many living with hunger and malnutrition. Praise be to God

Huge Thank You to Julie Mefford

Iowa West • Branch Updates

Sharon Irwin, Iowa West Branch Manager, wants to give a Huge “Thank You!” to Julie Mefford for her 15 years of volunteer service as Treasurer of their branch! Your professionalism & being meticulous in this position has been appreciated. You will be missed! Julie recently resigned because of health issues.

Smiles From Liberia

Norfolk Warehouse • International Aid

Hope and Care for Children in Liberia sent these touching photos from a Norfolk warehouse shipment in Nebraska. The Foya School students are eating Mercy Meals for lunch which might be their only meal for the day. So many wonderful blessings of food, clothing, medical equipment and other goods shared. Praise be to God!

Local Business Packed Mercy Meals

Lincoln • Branch Updates

Shunkwiler Financial volunteered Nov. 21 and packed 3604 Mercy Meals and then sorted and packed clothing and shoes for the afternoon. What a blessing these volunteers were.

Much Needed Supplies Delivered

Lincoln • Branch Updates

Steve Manche from St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Fairview, KS delivered a truck load of much needed supplies to the OGT Lincoln Collection Center. The cab was packed with beautiful quilts while the bed was full of school and hygiene kits. Thank you to Steve and the members of St. Paul’s for their generous servant…

Youth From Neligh Pack Mercy Meals

Norfolk Warehouse • Branch Updates

Abundant Life Christian Center in Neligh, NE packed 3,024 Mercy Meals at OGT’s new Servant Center’s Mercy Meals packing room. After packing 1.5 hours they enjoyed a tour to learn where these life-saving meals might be shipped. Thank you for helping to feed the hungry.