Shop For Yourself And Help Those in Need
OGT’s Mid-Atlantic Branch Helps People in Need with help from Boscov’s Department Stores. Here’s how you can shop for you and help those in need: 1) Boscov’s store-wide fall sale, Friends Helping Friends, will directly benefit OGT Mid-Atlantic when you shop on October 14th and 15th. You can get a 20% discount on most items…
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Generous and Much Needed Donation of 100 Chairs Received
Messiah Lutheran Church in Lincoln, NE donated over 100 chairs to the newly opened Lincoln Collection Center! Thank you for this generous and needed donation!
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Dr. Aguila Works with OGT to Help Patients Volunteer To Pay For Surgery
Dr. Aguila and OGT is on CNN showcasing M25 Program to have patients give to others through volunteering while lowering cost of surgery. D. Aguila is with Healing Hands of Nebraska and refers patients to OGT for the volunteer hours. An amazing opportunity and concept of helping yourself & others. Click Here to Watch
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Helping Those in Need in Our Community
Norfolk warehouse volunteers delivered pallets of mixed foods to the Norfolk Rescue Mission, Community Food Pantry and Catholic Charities to help feed those in need.
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New Warehouse Getting Ready To Open
The new Lincoln Collection Center in Nebraska is becoming functional with shelves and sorting tables put in place along with a coat of paint. Several volunteers used Thrivent Action Team events for the various projects to get it up and running in September. Boxes of quilts and Christmas Gift boxes were sorted and packed for…
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OGT Employees Have Fun Packing Hygiene kits and School Kits for a Thrivent Action Team Event
During today’s lunch hour, the staff and one spouse from OGT’s home office and Norfolk warehouse put together 30 school kits and 16 hygiene kits. These were both part of a Thrivent Action Team event and will be shipped to Bread of Life orphanage in Romania next week. Afterward everyone enjoyed pizza and ice cream…
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Thank You Linda for All You Do for Orphan Grain Train
Linda Brady with St. John Lutheran Church in Luverne, MN delivered 112 pillowcase dresses, 38 hygiene kits, 40 quilts, 27 tank-top dresses, 40 Christmas gift boxes and other misc. donations to the Norfolk warehouse. She also brought 85 pillowcase dresses and 39 diapers from Zion Lutheran Church in Hardwick, MN. Her van was packed full…
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4 Star Rating 12 Years In A Row
Orphan Grain Train is very pleased and ecstatic to announce that Charity Navigator, America’s premier independent charity evaluator had these high ratings for Orphan Grain Train: ‘4 Stars’ which is Charity Navigator’s highest rating. Orphan Grain Train is ranked #6 out of approximately 9,000 rated charities in the US for relying solely on private contributions. OGT…
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Packing Event Held at Warehouse For June Shipment
At the Maryland warehouse, a team of volunteers helped to repack 96 boxes (3-1/2 pallets) worth of towels, wash cloths and bed sheets. This enables us to rearrange an already full warehouse to ship items to Nicaragua on June 19th. This is the first event at the Warehouse since it was closed for the COVID-19…
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