Central Nebraska Packs Plenty for Ysleta Mission Load
Orphan Grain Train Grand Island shared 38,016 Mercy Meals, blankets, clothing, furniture and medical equipment with Ysleta Lutheran Mission in El Paso, Texas. There were also hygiene kits, diapers, bicycles and toys added to this load. Ysleta Mission strives to transform lives through faith in action. They are responding to real needs with compassion, resources,…
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New Crew Members Travel to Farnam to Fence
The Orphan Grain Train fencing crew returned to Farnam, Nebraska on Tuesday, May 19th. The three-man crew hopes to finish the last section of fencing in the ravine. Farnam was one of the areas that was affected by the Cottonwood fire in western Nebraska. Thank you, DeWayne Erickson and Walt Rosenbaum for returning to finish…
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Lincoln Shares Needed Items with Fourteen Service Agencies
During the month of April, Orphan Grain Train Lincoln delivered to fourteen different service agencies in the Lincoln area. Fifteen boxes of infant/toddler clothing were shared with Barnabas Community, Trinity Lutheran Church’s Forward, Women’s Care Center, Birthright of Lincoln and the Pregnancy Center. One hundred forty pounds of canned and dry food was delivered in…
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OGT Indiana Provides Plentiful Load to Manna from Heaven
In late April, Manna from Heaven in Myra, Kentucky received a load of useful items from Orphan Grain Train Indiana. There were 66 boxes of fortified meals and 30 pieces of furniture, including the 12 student chairs. Clothing, bedding, and children’s toys were part of the collection of items loaded. The eight fiberglass ladders and…
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Lincoln Receives Donated Fencing Supplies for Western Nebraska
On Thursday April 30, 2026, Orphan Grain Train Lincoln branch manager, Jim Carter and OGT truck driver Danny Pollock, loaded a flat bed of donated disaster relief supplies for western Nebraska ranchers rebuilding after the wildfires. OGT will continue to bring hay and fencing supplies to the western Nebraska area in the next few months….
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OGT Indiana Delivers to Manna from Heaven
Orphan Grain Train Indiana volunteers filled an 18-foot trailer with furniture, preschool chairs, clothing and shoes, 66 boxes of Love the Hungry fortified meals, bikes and blankets. On April 24, Lance, an OGT Indiana volunteer, delivered the trailer to Manna from Heaven in Myra, Kentucky. Thank you, OGT Indiana volunteers for gathering, sorting and filling…
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OGT Lincoln Delivers Donated Fencing Supplies to Western Nebraska
On April 24, 2026, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Rolf from Tarkio, Missouri along with Lincoln, Nebraska friends, Howard and Karon Killion, delivered barbed wire rolls, hedge posts, and steel fence posts to Orphan Grain Train Lincoln manager, Jim Carter, for disaster relief in western Nebraska after the fires. Neighbors helping neighbors rebuild. Thank you, Rolfs…
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Hazel Green, Kentucky Receives Shipment from Maryland
Orphan Grain Train Maryland announced to all volunteers the successful load that was delivered to Hazel Green Food Project. (HGFP). in Hazel Green, Kentucky. HGFP sits in one of the poorest counties in all of Appalachia. Volunteers loaded winter and summer clothes for men, women, and children; plus-sized clothes; linens including those marked specifically for…
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Fence Posts Delivered to Western Nebraska
Orphan Grain Train driver, Bob Schleppenbach, left for Farnam, Nebraska this morning to deliver a load of treated fence posts to the area. Another OGT driver, Dan Pollack, after picking up a full semi-load of barbed wire out of Oklahoma will also be taking his load to Farnam. The western Nebraska fires began in Morrill…
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