113 School and Teacher Kits Assembled
LWML members from St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Cambridge, NE assembled 113 school kits/teacher kits for OGT. Earlier in the year they donated 62 hygiene kits to OGT. Both projects were funded with Thrivent Action Teams and donated items from the congregation. All were delivered to OGT’s Central Nebraska Branch in Grand Island. Thank you,…
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Annual Fundraiser Helps Give Back
Every October, northeast Department store chain, Boscov’s, provides local charities a fundraising opportunity by encouraging the sale of $5 discount passes to their annual one-day fall sale. In our 7th year of offering these passes, we were thrilled to learn volunteers raised over $2,300. Combined with a $2,000 matching offer, our total just topped $4,300. To…
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LWML Grants Received to Help With Shipping and Domestic Relief
Orphan Grain Train recently received grants from two Lutheran Women’s Missionary League districts. We received a grant of $9,000 from the LWML Central Illinois District, which has been used to help cover the cost of shipping relief supplies for victims of the war in Ukraine. A grant of $4,000 was received from the LWML Southern…
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45 School Kits Delivered
This fall, the Miriam Circle ladies of St Paul Lutheran Church in Julesburg, CO hosted a LWML Rally and the Ingather was OGT School Kit Items. Monetary donations were also accepted to purchase such items and to defray shipping costs. Pictures are St. Paul’s Sunday School teachers and students joyfully assembling these forty-five kits.
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Lutheran Border Concerns Ministry Grateful for Aid Received
Thank you OGT’s Steve Rice for sharing formula, food, quilts and much more with our brothers and sisters in the USA-Mexico border region.
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30 Hygiene Kits Assembled for People in Need
Gethsemane Lutheran church put together 30 hygiene kits with the help of Thrivent Action Team for OGT Colorado West in Northglenn. So many wonderful gifts for people in need.
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Volunteer’s Birthday Celebrated
Craig Garret and Lisa Turner and other Region 5 friends from Seward celebrated Craig’s 33rd birthday at the Lincoln Collection Center in September.
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Special Delivery for Orphan Grain Train
Norfolk Warehouse had a special delivery of milk but not your typical milk. Kemps delivered 30,000 single-serve, 8-ounce packs of ultra-high temperature (UHT) pasteurized milk that has a shelf life of up to 12 months. The Giving Cow milks are specifically designed for food shelves and kids backpack programs to fight hunger and are used…
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Goods Delivered to Norfolk to Share with People in Need
OGT’s Minnesota South in Mayer delivered 246 boxes of clothing, toys, hygiene supplies, school kits along with medical equipment and bikes to the Norfolk Warehouse. Thank you, MN South donors and volunteers for these much needed goods that will help those in need in the US and beyond.
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