Truck Load of Care Given by Cheyenne Wells Grace Lutheran Congregation
Grace Lutheran Church in Cheyenne Wells, Colorado donated a truck load of clothes and medical equipment to Orphan Grain Train Castle Rock. A big thank you to Mark Harm and his congregation. Thank you, Grace Lutheran Church members for helping to fill this truck full of useful items that can be shared with others.
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Two OGT Castle Rock Containers Arrive Safely and are Shared with People of Latvia
Last fall, Orphan Grain Train Castle Rock sent two containers to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Pampali, Latvia. Both of those loads arrived safely, and the recipients have already distributed most of the items. The items were shared with people in Pampali and Saldus. The containers were filled with clothing for men, women and children,…
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OGT Castle Rock Displays “Quilt of the Week”
Do you recognize this quilt? We do! We know it was donated to Orphan Grain Train Castle Rock Collection Center in Castle Rock, Colorado. Every quilt has a story. Many beautiful and unique quilts are shared with Orphan Grain Train, but not their story. Quilts are sewn into the history of Orphan Grain Train. Quilts…
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Castle Rock Sends Two Containers to Latvia
Nineteen Orphan Grain Train Castle Rock volunteers loaded 1,282 boxes of clothing, 30 bicycles, and medical equipment for their second shipment to Latvia in the past two weeks. Not pictured in the group photo are Joy Jensen, Nancy and Ron Snyder, Sarah, Katherine, and Matthew Bretz and their friend Skyven. Thank you to all the…
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Castle Rock Loads One of Two Loads to Latvia
Orphan Grain Train Castle Rock has been busy loading the first of two containers both headed to Evangelical Lutheran Church in Pampali, Latvia. The first container holds 30 bicycles, 287 boxes of blankets and linens, men’s, women’s and children’s clothing and medical equipment. Thank you, Castle Rock volunteers for your great enthusiasm and energy. “Being…
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Bicycles Shared for Shipments
On August 23rd, Mount Olive Lutheran Church in Aurora, Colorado collected and delivered 33 bicycles plus two bags of clothing to Orphan Grain Train in Castle Rock, Colorado. These bicycles will be a big hit in future overseas container shipments. Great job by Mount Olive’s congregation!
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Ten Junior Highers Pack 100+ Clothing Boxes at OGT-Castle Rock
Ten Junior High Students from Family of Christ Lutheran Church, Monument, Colorado sorted and packed over 100 boxes of clothing at Orphan Grain Train-Castle Rock, CO on July 10, 2025. As their smiling faces show, the students and two mothers had a great time volunteering at OGT. Garry Fuller and Chuck Jones, not pictured, supervised…
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Castle Rock’s Care on the Move
Orphan Grain Train Collection Center in Castle Rock sent out a shipment of linens, quilts children’s and adult clothing, medical equipment, bikes and children’s toys and backpacks. The shipment will be welcomed by Taurage Evangelical Lutheran Congregation in Lithuania. Thank you, Castle Rock volunteers for gathering on that beautiful blue-sky day and joining forces to…
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Castle Rock Volunteers Pack Shipment of Love and Aid for Latvia
The people of Evangelical Lutheran Church in Saldus, Latvia will soon receive a shipment of children’s clothing, women’s and men’s winter clothing, linens and blankets, medical equipment and 30 bicycles. Volunteers from Orphan Grain Train Castle Rock, Colorado carefully put together this load and prepared it for shipment so that it will reach its destination…
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