Browsing Tag: Maryland

OGT Maryland Warms Local Community with Coat Drive that Continues

Orphan Grain Train Maryland continues to collect winter coats for local organizations that share them with people in the community. Prior to Christmas, they gave out 1,036 coats. Dickey Hill Elementary School/ Middle School, Faith and Works Enterprise, St. Thomas Lutheran Church, Calvary Community Church, Bell Grove Elementary School, Catonsville Methodist Church and Lutheran Church…

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First “Sew-Along” in Maryland a Success!

On November 3rd, Wendy Preslyn, the director of Orphan Grain Train Maryland’s Feminine Hygiene Project, organized the branch’s first Sew-Along. Their sorting room was transformed into a sewing factory, and the hum of sewing machines could be heard for several hours! Close to a dozen women came to the warehouse with their sewing machines. They…

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Maryland Loads for Liberia with Great Volunteers

Friends – with great pleasure, I report that the Orphan Grain Train Maryland Branch loaded over 30,000 lbs. of boxes and articles of summer clothing, shoes, hygiene, student-desks, bicycles, books, Luci Lights, and more. These articles will make their way into the hands of needy children and adults of Liberia. It is by no small…

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