Milbank Keeps Busy with Many Volunteers
On Wednesday, August 19, 2026, Orphan Grain Train Milbank Collection Center was incredibly busy with 13 volunteers sorting and packing. Usually on Wednesdays, there are nine to ten volunteers. To have thirteen was encouraging! Then on Friday, August 21, a group that cares for the kit making area worked for two hours. They put together…
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Quilters, Milbank Area Hospital and OGT Phoenix Bring Care to Patients
Thank you, Orphan Grain Train Milbank volunteers! Thank you to all the quilters who contributed to this delivery of care. Thank you, to the staff at Milbank Area Hospital Avera and Avera Medical Group Milbank for the compassion you share with each of your patients in your care.
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Volunteering for a Day Six-Year Tradition
For the last six years, these four women from Wecota, SD have been coming for a day to volunteer at Orphan Grain Train Milbank Collection Center. These special ladies also brought 45 quilts with them this year. What an enjoyable day! Thank you, ladies for making this a yearly activity for the last six years….
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Six Years of Volunteering at Milbank
For the last six years, these four women from Wecota, SD have been coming for a day to volunteer at Orphan Grain Train Milbank Collection Center. These special ladies also brought 45 quilts with them this year. What an enjoyable day! Thank you, ladies for making this a yearly activity for the last six years….
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Milbank Shares OGT with S.D. State LWML and Receives Grant Money
Orphan Grain Train Milbank had a presence at the South Dakota State LWML convention in Rapid City on June 5 and 6. The delegates voted in favor of a grant for 5,000 dollars to make some improvements at the Milbank collection center building. Milbank will start with a new water heater to replace the one…
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Another Wonderful Delivery of Sixty-Three Sleeping Mats in Milbank
In May, Larinda delivered 63 plastic sleeping mats to the Orphan Grain Train Collection Center in Milbank, S.D. Every year, she shares these beautiful mats with OGT Milbank. Larinda (on the left) stands by her trunk load of mats as a Milbank volunteer carries an arm full of mats inside. Thank you, Larinda for this…
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Tenacious Margaret Delivers Another Load to Milbank
Margaret Scoog arrived on Saturday with car and U-Haul full of “stuff” for Orphan Grain Train Milbank.(Including new handmade quilts). Margaret originates from the Milbank area, moved to Montana a couple years ago. When she comes to visit, she blesses our facility. She promotes OGT in her church LWML and through parish nursing. We thank…
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MN North Road Trips to Gather from Milbank and Deliver to Norfolk
Orphan Grain Train Minnesota North coordinator, Gary Geske took a road trip this week to Norfolk, Nebraska via South Dakota. Gary drove to OGT Milbank Collection Center on Thursday to pick up five bundles of sleeping mats, walkers and eight bicycles before he proceeded to OGT Norfolk. His trailer was already loaded with five church…
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Milbank Hosts Fundraiser and Feeds Over 180
Orphan Grain Train Milbank Collection Center in South Dakota held a fundraiser on October 19th with great success. Over one hundred eighty people came for the meal and program. They raised $4,300.00. There was wonderful fellowship, as every table was full. The latest “Domestic Disaster” Power Point was shown along with a Mercy Meals video….
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