Maryland and New England Branches Share Vital Medical Equipment Locally
In late May, both Orphan Grain Train-Maryland and Orphan Grain Train-New England shared a great deal of medical equipment to people in their communities. Many shower chairs, commodes, walkers and wheelchairs have been picked up at these locations by individuals who are in need either from failing health, recent surgery or change in abilities. OGT-Maryland…
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OGT Ohio Sends Relief to Kentucky, Indiana, and Beyond
Orphan Grain Train Ohio was busy again at transporting needed items to groups in Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio. In May, Appalachia Reach Out in Inez, Kentucky received over ninety pieces of furniture, sixty boxes and individual household items, toys, clothing and hygiene supplies. Two days later, OGT Ohio traveled to The Attic in McKee, Kentucky…
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OGT Phoenix Gets Boost from Thrivent & Wells Fargo
This picture is from Orphan Grain Train Phoenix volunteer, Stephanie Arruda, (back row first on the left). She works for Wells Fargo Bank in the Consumer Lending-Auto Line of Business Department in Chandler, AZ. She and her teammates made hygiene kits for OGT/Phoenix, using funds from a Thrivent Action Team Card. Hygiene kits are always…
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Bringing Comfort to the Desert
Orphan Grain Train Phoenix delivered a load of linens, blankets, clothing and household items to Tohono O’odham Nation in Sells, Arizona. Sixty boxes of hygiene products, 30 layette kits and 24 pieces of medical equipment were also delivered with this load. The Tohono O’odham Nation is located within the Sonoran Desert in south central Arizona….
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Clothing, Care, Compassion
Orphan Grain Train Michigan volunteers loaded clothing, linens, and medical supplies and equipment into a large U-Haul slated for delivery to eastern Kentucky. Dave Wiltse and branch manager Dave Reed delivered the items to Manna from Heaven in Myra, Kentucky. A wonderful crew of people were there waiting to unload the boxes into a warehouse….
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Delivering Hope Locally
Orphan Grain Train Central Nebraska in Grand Island shared bicycles, linens, clothing and books with Hope Harbor, Willow Rising, and Grand Island Public Schools. Thank you, Grand Island volunteers for being a part of this by showing up and doing the deed. We happen to think you are great!
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OGT-Houston Delivers Hope: Clothing and Kits Reach Texas Foster Agency and Clothing Ministry
Legacy Ranch in Gonzalez, Texas and Clothed by Faith in Deer Park, Texas both received over twenty boxes of valuable used clothing from Orphan Grain Train Houston. Legacy Ranch also received school kits and hygiene kits. Legacy Ranch is a non-profit licensed foster care adoption agency that finds homes for children who have been abused,…
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Thank You, Volunteers!
Volunteers at Orphan Grain Train Collection Center in Napoleon, Ohio were busy transporting much needed items around Ohio and into Kentucky. County Line Community Church in Hazard, Kentucky received 110 pieces of furniture, boxes of linens, clothing and household items. They also distributed similar items in Ohio to Children’s Lantern and North American Lutheran Disaster…
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Lincoln Volunteers Unite to Support 15 Local Charities
Orphan Grain Train Collection Center in Lincoln, Nebraska met some of the needs of fifteen different non-profit organizations in the area: Redeemer Lutheran Church, Pregnancy Center, Operation Christmas Child, UNL/Barkley Center, Willy S Underwear Project, Clinic with a Heart, Women’s Care Center, Capital Humane Society, Immanuel Lutheran Food Pantry, Community Cares Homeless, Matt Talbot Kitchen…
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