Wisconsin and Minnesota Send Another Load of Beans to Haiti
The teamed-up effort of Orphan Grain Train Wisconsin and OGT Minnesota North’s 18 totes of black split beans to Cap Haitien, Haiti arrived at its destination. Long-time recipient, Josias Marin of Thomassique, will receive the food for the Lutheran school in Haiti. The beans were donated by Apostolic Christian Harvest Call which is a part…
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Faithful Zion Ladies Guild Pack Hygiene Kits Every Month for Houston
Zion Lutheran’s Ladies Guild of Pasadena, Texas faithfully assemble hygiene kits every month. Orphan Grain Train Houston branch is located in Pasadena and receives these kits to share with others. These kits are in great demand both domestically and internationally. Thank you, ladies of Zion and others who put these kits together with such care….
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Lincoln Corteva Employees Spend Day Packing Mercy Meals
Ninety-five Corteva employees in York, Nebraska, packed 26,380 Mercy Meals in two hours on Wednesday Feb. 25, at their worksite. The boxed-up meals will go to Orphan Grain Train Lincoln where they will be sent out either domestically or internationally to feed the hungry. Thank you, Corteva employees for being such a wonderful group of…
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OGT Norfolk’s Schmidt and Gnan Visit Humanitarian Partners in NC
Every Wednesday, Manna from Heaven in Myra, Kentucky has a line-up of cars waiting to receive humanitarian assistance. Grant Schmidt, vice-president of Orphan Grain Train and Pete Gnan, field work director of OGT are in the Appalachian region visiting partnering organizations that many OGT branches delivery to regularly. OGT Indiana, OGT New England and OGT…
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Desert Foothills Breaks OGT AZ Record for Sorting and Packing
Desert Foothills Lutheran Church, located in Scottsdale, AZ designated February as Orphan Grain Train Month. The members of the church collected donations during the month and brought them to the OGT Phoenix warehouse. On February 28, sixteen church members joined the Phoenix volunteers and sorted and boxed 205 boxes! This set a new all-time high…
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Everything Beautiful Sent Another Beautiful Load from Grand Island
Orphan Grain Train Central Nebraska in Grand Island sent out another load to Everything Beautiful in Lame Deer, Montana. Thank you, volunteers and donors for the time you share in doing this. Furniture, clothing and many supplies were sent on this domestic delivery. Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself….
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Disaster Supplies to Philippines Bring Relief
Christian Missionary Baptist Church in Negros Occidental province of the Philippines sent word that the December shipment out of Orphan Grain Train Norfolk arrived safely last month. Ryan Tormentar of Christian Missionary Baptist Church said that they unloaded the container, and its contents will be distributed in the area in the next few days. The…
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21st Century Lion’s Club Faithfully Serves Once a Month
The Lincoln, Nebraska 21st Century Lion’s Club faithfully serves in the Orphan Grain Train semi-automated Mercy Meals room making bean and rice meals the fourth Saturday of every month. These five boxes are headed to Ysleta Mission in El Paso, Texas on March 7. Thank you, ladies for volunteering so steadfastly.
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New England Sends Support to Ghana
Volunteers for Orphan Grain Train’s New England Branch, a charity located at 33 South Main St. in Terryville, CT loaded a 40-foot container of needed items for Ghana, Africa on March 3. OGT has the use of a warehouse in Terryville, CT that is owned by Mr. Bill Allread, who has made space available for…
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