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Volunteers Raising Hope

Orphan Grain Train Lincoln Collection Center volunteers are finishing part of the group’s warehouse in Lincoln, to serve as a packaging area for Mercy Meals. The project is being coordinated by volunteer Barry Radebaugh, owner of Radebaugh Construction, and by Jim Carter, OGT Lincoln manager. Most of the materials have been donated, and all of…

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Blessings for Borderlands

Orphan Grain Train Wisconsin delivered another much-needed load of food, clothing, diapers, bikes, medical equipment, hygiene products, and stackable chairs to Cornerstone Children’s Home in Quemado, Texas. Over 25,000 pounds of dry food and 22,680 fortified meals were included in the load. Cornerstone Children’s Ranch was established in 1998 as a non-profit Christian ministry whose…

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Congratulations to OGT Indiana Branch

Congratulations to Orphan Grain Train Indiana! They were selected to receive grant money by the board of trustees of the Raymond James Charitable Grant Initiative. This money is intended to be used to purchase a pickup truck. The truck will be used to transport and deliver donated items. It will also allow the branch in…

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Aid Enroute to Liberia

New England Branch volunteers loaded a box truck that was delivered to a warehouse in Providence, RI to go on a shipment to the Gbarnga Lutheran Mission in Liberia. Included were 19,440 Harvest Pack meals which will help with the food program they offer at the school. They have also supplied treadle sewing machines in…

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22 Volunteers Help Load Container for Ukraine

Mid-Atlantic Branch had beautiful weather for loading our third container to Ukraine on Saturday, March 1st. Twenty-two volunteers came to help at the warehouse, eleven to load and another eleven who packed 30 (!) boxes. Our container team did a great job of fitting over 100 non-boxed pieces – bikes, medical equipment, children’s items and…

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