Dedicated Volunteers Have Help to Feed Many

This group of volunteers pack Mercy Meals every Monday & Wednesday from 9-noon at OGT’s Servant Center in Norfolk, NE. The total they packed in 2024 was 2,778,840 Mercy Meals – which comes to 390 pallets of life-saving meals shipped to those in need in the US and around the world! Thank you for feeding the hungry and sharing Christ’s love! Pictured L-R: Tim Ferguson, Phil Zastrow, Pat Leavell, Bill Wessel, Liz Hagmann, Nancy Dolesh, Bill Begeman (OGT’s Chairman of the Board) & Donn Cheyney. Not pictured is Bill Staub & Bill Meyer (OGT Board Member).
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