Browsing Category: Disaster Relief

Many In Need After Tornado

On Wednesday, April 10, Slidell, LA was hit by an EF-2 tornado that wreaked havoc on this town that has survived hurricanes but never a tornado like this. Many buildings and homes were damaged with cars overturned leaving residents traumatized. OGT’s Field Work Director Pete Gnan happened to be in a neighboring town working with…

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Hay Delivered to Texas

Nikki Lutz, driver, took a load of hay to Justin Coleman ranch is Briscoe, TX on 4/13. Briscoe is south of Canadian, TX and sustained long term damage from last month’s fires in the Texas panhandle. This is one of 6 loads that went out in the past week to either the Oklahoma or Texas…

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Danke – Thank you!

Orphan Grain Train would like to Give a Big ‘Thank You’ to everyone that came out to ‘Oktoberfest in May’  Thank you to our generous and dedicated donors! I think this was a record Big Give for gifts this year. We raised $13,009.00 for families devastated by the recent tornadoes in Elkhorn, NE and surrounding…

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Aid for Tornado Victims

Nancy Helmke, coordinator for OGT’s Ohio Collection Center in Napoleon has a personal connection to the March 14 – F3 tornado that ripped through Lakeview and 3 miles away at Indian Lake, OH. Nancy’s sister Peg and her husband Doug Dammann live in Lakeview, their brick home had very little damage yet all their neighbor’s…

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