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Lincoln Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird visited Orphan Grain Train – Lincoln on October 15 and participated in a ribbon-cutting for the recently updated warehouse. OGT – Lincoln now occupies a modern warehouse, with half of the building dedicated to sorting and packing donated clothing, medical equipment, school supplies and other humanitarian aid. The other half of the warehouse is dedicated to packaging Mercy Meals – a soy, rice and vegetable product. The mayor also cut a ribbon for the semi-automated room, which was furnished by a generous donation from the Sowers Club, a local service club. The semi-automated room will be used mainly to prepare Mercy Meals for local distribution. The warehouse also includes a 5-line packaging room for larger groups to package the soy, rice and vegetable meals. Some of these meals will be distributed locally, but many will be sent to areas of need in the U.S. and around the world.

TWO PHOTOS: one of the mayor speaking and the other, members of the Sowers Club presenting a check to OGT Branch Manager Jim Carter.