Helping Those Who Help Others
Iowa West Branch volunteers in Ida Grove delivered clothing and sleeping mats to several local organizations that help those in need.
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86 OGT Christmas Boxes Delivered
Lola Rengstorf and Rosalie Downing delivered 86 OGT Christmas Gift Boxes to the OGT Lincoln Collection Center in Nebraska! They are from Trinity Lutheran Church in Shenandoah, Iowa, a small congregation about 1 1/2 hours from Lincoln. The whole congregation participated in this project. What a delight and inspiration these ladies were!
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Youth From Texas Help Sort and Pack
You don’t need to hear instructions to be a good volunteer. Ten Texans proved it on July 22nd at the St. Louis site for the Missouri-Illinois branch. Seven volunteers were youth and young adults with hearing disabilities, while three adults provided sign language instructions at the direction of branch personnel. The team of volunteers departed…
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7 Clubs Work Together To Pack 608 School Kits
The Clover Clan 4-H Club in Dodge, NE looked for a project to do and decided on making school kits for OGT. Soon Catholic Order of Forester’s Sacred Heart Olean Court #1737, Sons of American Legion, Dodge VFW, Dodge community, Christ in the City missionaries and St. Wenceslaus Youth Group joined them. They raised $5,000…
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Christmas in July
OGT’s Phoenix Branch teamed up with Epiphany Lutheran Church-Chandler, AZ’s Outreach Committee and presented a Christmas in July church service. At the July 9 and 10 services, retired Pastor James Hoefer lead a complete Christmas service with Christmas hymns, Bible readings, sermon and Christmas Gift Box dedication focused on the birth of Jesus. The focus…
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72 Hygiene Kits Donated
Christina Steffen and her daughter Clara made 72 hygiene kits for OGT! Thank you for providing these much-needed items for those in need worldwide!
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Many Local Organizations Blessed With Delivery of Goods
Throughout the month on July, OGT’s Wichita Branch volunteers made several deliveries to local organizations of various foods, children’s items, clothing, medical supplies and bedding. Thank you, donors and volunteers!
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National Youth Gathering Helping OGT With Sleeping Mats and T-Shirt Diapers
Houston Branch is inspiring young adults at the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) National Youth Gathering. The event is 5 days and continues until July 13. As of yesterday, July 11, some of these amazing young adults helped make 1,200 T-shirt diapers and are also working on sleeping mats. What an amazing event with more than…
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Community Event Opens Opportunity to Share About OGT
OGT’s collection center in Larned, KS hosted a Hope for Pawnee County event with tours, OGT handouts in goodie bags and lunch for those attending from the community. They are housed along with other community organizations in the old courthouse built in 1884, very sturdy building yet today. It was a very hot 102-degree day…
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