Disaster Relief

OGT has extended its flood relief efforts to families and businesses in the Kearney, Lexington and Gibbon regions of Nebraska. Torrential rains have caused extensive damage with many families not having flood insurance. OGT is offering assistance wit...

Norfolk warehouse volunteers loaded 35,640 Take Away Hunger meals, 156 cases water, flood and cleaning kits/supplies to help with flood relief in Mission, TX. Valley Baptist Retreat Center received the supplies and food and will distribute to familie...

Steve Rice; coordinator for OGT’s CA-NV-AZ Collection Center is assisting families affected by the earthquake in California. He has delivered clothing, over 100 hygiene kits, blankets and linens along with purchasing $1,000.00 in non-perishable foo...

In May 2019 the South Dakota Collection Center volunteers had a fundraiser for flood relief and raised $11,345.04! Thank you to all involved and to those that gave to help those in need. OGT continues to help families that were affected by flood wate...

Florida based company, Sholes Wind LLC, operates a local windfarm in Nebraska and has donated $10,000.00 to the Nebraska Flood Relief efforts. They were able to see first-hand the devastation and felt a desire to do something to help the flood victim...

OGT delivered a storage unit filled with cleaning supplies and tools and a shower unit to Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Fremont, NE. They will be used by volunteers helping with flood relief efforts. Good Shepherd has set up their facility to acco...

As of May 31, 2019, OGT has spent $416,136.12 on Nebraska flood relief efforts. This is only the beginning as we are just starting to help the residents in the badly flooded towns of Fremont, St. Edwards, Niobrara and Verdigre. The first major flood ...

Malawi is facing devastating floods with over 868,900 people affected, including more than 87,000 displaced, 60 deaths and 672 injuries in their region alone. OGT received an urgent appeal for assistance from Honorable Ambassador Edward Yakobe Sawere...

During the month of April OGT home office and Wisconsin Branch delivered 3 donated loads of hay to farmers devastated by the recent floods. These loads were able to help several farmers in Nebraska. Thank you to the donors for helping farmers in need...