Disaster Relief

Recently Dave Lorenz, OGT’s Nevada-Sierra warehouse manager, drove to Paradise, CA to take much needed winter clothing for families affected by last November’s massive fire. He received a call that many of the families are beginning to clear thei...

OGT delivered $20,799.96 worth of various foods to Trinity Klein Lutheran Church food pantry in Spring, TX. OGT has had a working relationship with Trinity Klein since Hurricane Harvey devastated parts of Texas in 2017. They continue to serve familie...

OGT’s South Dakota Collection Center is having a Flood Relief Fundraiser with a delicious German sausage dinner coming up on Sunday, October 27!  If you are going to be near Milbank, SD then plan to go to Emanuel Lutheran Church between the ho...

OGT continues to assist flood victims in Nebraska and is expanding its relief efforts to the regions of Madison and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Severe rain storms have devastated the region with roads being covered, bridges washed away and homes engul...

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...

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 ...