Successful Gala Fundraiser for Lincoln
Orphan Grain Train Lincoln gives thanks to their sponsors and volunteers for OGT Lincoln’s first fundraising dinner and silent auction held May 28, 2026, at Robber’s Cave in Lincoln, Nebraska. The sold-out gala event was a fundraiser to support the mission of OGT Lincoln and to celebrate all that has been accomplished there in the…
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Lincoln Shares Needed Items with Fourteen Service Agencies
During the month of April, Orphan Grain Train Lincoln delivered to fourteen different service agencies in the Lincoln area. Fifteen boxes of infant/toddler clothing were shared with Barnabas Community, Trinity Lutheran Church’s Forward, Women’s Care Center, Birthright of Lincoln and the Pregnancy Center. One hundred forty pounds of canned and dry food was delivered in…
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Student Displays OGT for Mission Fair in Lincoln
Aliya Wieting a Lincoln Lutheran middle school student did her school Mission Fair project on Orphan Grain Train. Aliya volunteers at OGT Lincoln with her family and school. Thank you, Aliya for sharing the OGT story and for volunteering at OGT Lincoln. Well done!
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Lincoln Receives Donated Fencing Supplies for Western Nebraska
On Thursday April 30, 2026, Orphan Grain Train Lincoln branch manager, Jim Carter and OGT truck driver Danny Pollock, loaded a flat bed of donated disaster relief supplies for western Nebraska ranchers rebuilding after the wildfires. OGT will continue to bring hay and fencing supplies to the western Nebraska area in the next few months….
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OGT Loads Many Mercy Meals for Haiti
On Monday, April 27, Orphan Grain Train Lincoln loaded a container for Haiti with 924 boxes of Mercy Meals and 57 boxes of Mercy Meals rice and beans, along with medical supplies, feminine kits, shoes, and bedding and quilts. Thank you, to all the volunteers and donors who sewed the kits, donated the items and…
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Carter Receives “Hometown Hero” Award in Lincoln
Bev Sprouse with Modern Woodmen Financial presented Jim Carter, Branch Manager of Orphan Grain Train Lincoln with the Hometown Hero award and a $100 donation to OGT. Congratulations Jim Carter! Thank you, Modern Woodmen Financial!
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OGT Lincoln Delivers Donated Fencing Supplies to Western Nebraska
On April 24, 2026, Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Rolf from Tarkio, Missouri along with Lincoln, Nebraska friends, Howard and Karon Killion, delivered barbed wire rolls, hedge posts, and steel fence posts to Orphan Grain Train Lincoln manager, Jim Carter, for disaster relief in western Nebraska after the fires. Neighbors helping neighbors rebuild. Thank you, Rolfs…
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Holland Reformed Church Packs Meals at OGT Lincoln
Holland Reformed Church in Hickman, Nebraska packed 9,072 Mercy Meals on March 21 at the Orphan Grain Train Lincoln warehouse. Following the packing event, they ate lunch and enjoyed good conversation. Thank you Holland Reformed Church for spending your Saturday morning packing Mercy Meals for others.
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Messiah Lutheran School Pack Over 12,000 Meals for OGT Lincoln
Students, teachers and parents of the fifth-grade class at Messiah Lutheran School in Lincoln, Nebraska, volunteered for two hours on March 20 at Orphan Grain Train Lincoln to pack 12,528 Mercy Meals to feed the hungry. Thank you, Messiah Lutheran fifth-grade class for choosing to volunteer at OGT Lincoln, and for the tremendous job you…
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