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Congratulations to OGT Indiana Branch

Congratulations to Orphan Grain Train Indiana! They were selected to receive grant money by the board of trustees of the Raymond James Charitable Grant Initiative. This money is intended to be used to purchase a pickup truck. The truck will be used to transport and deliver donated items. It will also allow the branch in…

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Aid Delivered to San Benito

Orphan Grain Train Houston sent out a truckload of 212 boxes of bedding, clothing and hygiene kits and supplies to Pavilion in San Benito, Texas. Thank you, Houston volunteers for working in April to pack and load this shipment.

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Aid Delivered to “Everything Beautiful” in Lame Deer

Orphan Grain Train Grand Island recently sent a shipment of clothing, sleeping mats, blankets, furniture, household items, medical equipment, and hygiene kits and supplies to Everything Beautiful in Lame Deer, Montana. Also included were 14 bicycles, tools, toys and school kits and supplies. Everything Beautiful is a thrift store on the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation…

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Shipment Bound for Haiti

Orphan Grain Train Iowa West in Ida Grove gave four boxes of pillowcase dresses to United Christians International Haiti. The dresses were given by different church groups over the past few months. United Christians International is preparing another shipment to Haiti and plans to include the dresses in the shipment. The photo shows Nicaraguan girls…

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OGT Indiana Delivers Comfort and Care

Almost 90 pieces of furniture were given out by Orphan Grain Train Indiana during the month of April. Mattresses of all sizes, kitchen tables and chairs, rockers, recliners and dressers went to people in need of furnishings in the area. In addition, 78 boxes of mixed clothing, 14 boxes of toilet paper and numerous household…

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