Lincoln Extends Helping Hand to Local Non-Profit
Orphan Grain Train Lincoln donated fabric and four totes of craft items, paint and art supplies to the Art Bus in Lincoln, a non-profit that serves kids in low-income neighborhoods and partners with other non-profits in Lincoln, Nebraska.
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Romanian Delegation Tours Orphan Grain Train Lincoln Warehouse
On August 14, 2025, Orphan Grain Train’s Lincoln warehouse volunteers welcomed a delegation of leaders from Romania with Friendship Force. Jim and Kathy Carter hosted the group, providing a tour of the warehouse and a presentation about OGT’s mission and outreach.
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Lincoln Center Provides Aid to 20 Local Agencies and Churches
Orphan Grain Train – Lincoln Collection Center shared needed items to 20 different agencies or churches in the Lincoln area last month. Clothing, medical supplies, household items, linens, bicycles, Bibles and hymnals, hygiene and school supplies and crib mattresses were some of the requested items that were given away. Thank you, to all the donors…
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Lincoln Volunteers Serve Locally and Beyond
Jim Carter, Orphan Grain Train Lincoln coordinator, delivered a large supply of sheets, pillows and blankets to Kevin Nygren at the Family Shelter of the People’s City Mission. On Monday, August 4, Jim Carter and James West loaded an OGT semi driven by Bob Schleppenbach. Next week, Bob will take the load to Ysleta Mission…
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Legacy of Love Shared
Three generations helped 3rd-5th graders pack Mercy Meals on July 11 at Orphan Grain Train-Lincoln. Joan Stolle brought her daughter Kristen and granddaughter Dagney from Florida to pack over 5000 meals in two hours. Thank you, ladies for mixing family gathering with making food to feed thousands.
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St. Mark’s Youth Serve
St Mark’s Methodist Church visited the Orphan Grain Train-Lincoln warehouse three times this week with three different groups of youth. They assembled Mercy Meals, hygiene kits, and school kits as well as packed quilts and blankets for disaster relief. Thank you, St. Mark’s for bringing your youth to volunteer at OGT-Lincoln and making this part…
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Anderson Ford Gives Back
Ray Soto and Kurt Rosen from Anderson Ford toured Orphan Grain Train-Lincoln on July 3 and presented Jim and Kathy Carter with a generous gift of $5,000 for the ministry. Thank you, Anderson Ford of Lincoln!
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Serving Christ, Serving Others
Pastor Tim and Keri Llewellyn and Jim and Kathy Carter at Faith Lutheran Church in Humboldt, Ne. Our small-town churches are small in numbers but mighty in walking with the Lord on His mission and partnering with Orphan Grain Train-Lincoln. Zion Lutheran in Pawnee City donated a multitude of hygiene kits, reusable diapers made out…
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Supplies Sent to El Paso
On June 30th, Orphan Grain Train-Lincoln sent 25 pallets and bunkers of clothing, shoes, medical supplies and quilts to Ysleta Mission in El Paso, Texas. The Mission also needed 500 school kits. Three days before shipping, a local church brought 700 school kits to the warehouse. The Lord always provides. Thank you, volunteers at OGT-Lincoln…
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