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Beautiful Pillowcase Dresses Sewn

Our winter visitor/volunteer, Carol Wrede and her Quilter’s on Wheels, located in Apache Junction, AZ, made twenty-four pillowcase dresses for OGT Phoenix Branch. This group of women had a work day on January 9 and each women made at least one dress. Carol used a Thrivent Action Team card and prepared a dress kit for…

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Two Special Requests Received To Help Those in Need

Highland Lakes Collection Center volunteers in Buchanan Dam, TX had two unique donation pick-ups from their location. One was Standish Foundation for Child Healthcare which is a surgical mission in Cambodia for pediatric cleft palates, etc. and they picked up several boxes of blankets. The second pick up was bedding, clothing & hygiene supplies for…

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Wonderful Volunteers Load Aid That Will Help Many

18 Happy smiles after loading a semi at Gethsemane Lutheran church, Colorado West Collection Center, in Northglenn, CO. Volunteers from Risen Savior, Peace Lutheran and others, loaded 336 boxes of clothing, linens, etc., 60 boxes of isolation gowns, 52 pre-school cots, sleeping bags, bicycles, exerciser, shower seats, crutches, and other medical equipment. These donations will…

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Aid Will Bless Many in Sri Lanka

Maryland Branch volunteers were thrilled to load various medical equipment and supplies, student chairs, microscopes, stuffed toys and blankets which is now enroute to Sri Lanka in support of a children’s hospital. The Maryland Branch collaborated with the Hospital Services Council of Greater Washington Area (HSCGWA), Potomac Falls, Virginia for the loading of a 20ft…

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