Neligh-Oakdale Elementary Student Council Members Visit OGT
Norfolk warehouse had great help from Neligh-Oakdale Elementary Student Council members grades 3-6 in Nebraska. They collected donations of clothing, shoes, quilts, etc. and unloaded those first. They were given a tour then packed clothing into OGT boxes to be shipped to those in need worldwide. Thank you for your servant hearts, enthusiasm and smiles!
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German Sausage Dinner Fundraiser For South Dakota Collection Center
Kenneth and Mae Saeger (first photo)are the only original Lutheran Layman’s League members still volunteering at South Dakota Collection Center in Milbank. They were also the greeters for the recent German Sausage Dinner fundraiser for South Dakota location. The dinner was a success with more than 180 people served with funds raised going toward global…
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Minnesota South Branch Delivers Goods and Bikes to Norfolk Warehouse
It is cold and windy today in Nebraska but that did not stop Robert Sitzman with OGT’s Minnesota South Branch from making a delivery to the Norfolk warehouse. Thank you, Robert, volunteers and donors, for all the bikes and boxes filled with gifts for those in need worldwide!
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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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