Great Abundance of Food Shared with OGT MO-IL to Share with Others
These donations of food and home products came from the Lutheran Women in Missions League (LWML) St. Louis West zone rally, held at Webster Gardens Lutheran Church, and from the church’s Seniors Connect group. Every week, the Orphan Grain Train Missouri Illinois branch supplies four local Lutheran Church food pantries with food and needed items…
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Our Savior Women from St. Charles Gather and Assemble Kits
Members of the Lutheran Women in Mission (LWML) and Ladies Bible Study groups from Our Savior Lutheran Church in St. Charles, MO volunteered at Orphan Grain Train Missouri-Illinois branch on Tuesday, October 13. They helped assemble and pack over 110 school kits and sorted and packed more than 20 boxes of quilts and clothes! Thank…
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Nursing Home in Lithuania Receives Shipment from OGT Missouri Illinois
The summer shipment from Orphan Grain Train Missouri Illinois to Lithuania arrived at its destination and photos of the distribution at the nursing home were shared. The shipment contained 15 boxes of pillowcase dresses, 275 boxes of blankets and linens and 12 boxes of new underwear. In addition, there were many boxes of clothing for…
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Young and Old Roll Up Their Sleeves and Join in the Loading of Container
An ample array of volunteer helpers ranging from young adult to senior adult levels rolled up their sleeves on July 21st to fill a large shipping container destined for needy folks in Lithuania. Included in the shipment were a large supply of newly handmade blankets and quilts, a huge number of boxes containing fine and…
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Making Kits and Blessing the Receivers
Kindergarten and first grade students from St. Peter’s Lutheran School in Arlington Heights, Illinois recently put together 51 hygiene kits that were shared with Orphan Grain Train Missouri-Illinois branch in St. Louis. Kristin Drake, a kindergarten teacher at the school was able to organize this event by using money from a Thrivent grant and the…
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Missouri-Illinois Attends LWML Convention and Loads the Donated Items
On April 25th, Central Illinois LWML met in Decatur, Illinois for their 81st annual convention. Brad Jackson and Keith Scherer, both of Orphan Grain Train Missouri-Illinois were there to load the many boxes and bags of gathered items brought in by the women and church groups that attended the convention. Thank you Brad and Ken…
Read MoreOGT Missouri-Illinois Volunteers Assemble 180 Kits
Recently the Orphan Grain Train Missouri-Illinois branch involved volunteers in assembling about 180 hygiene kits. They were members from Our Savior Lutheran Church LWML in St. Charles, MO. The kits are shipped out both domestically and internationally and move very quickly through inventory. Thank you, Our Savior Lutheran LWML for gathering to put these kits…
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More Than 16,500 lbs. of Food Shared by OGT Missouri-Illinois in Community
Orphan Grain Train Missouri-Illinois shared over 16,500 pounds of food with the St. Louis area last month. In addition, they gave out 89 boxes of bedding full of quilts and blankets. All of the recipients are churches with food pantries that distribute the food and warm blankets to people in the area who are in…
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OGT Missouri Illinois Filling Church Pantries in St. Louis
Orphan Grain Train Missouri Illinois branch shared 13,735 lbs. of food with area churches that distribute the food through in-house food pantries. Thank you, Missouri Illinois volunteers for once again sharing the extra that you are blessed to receive. Thank you. Great Commission Lutheran Church, Trinity Lutheran Church, St. John’s Lutheran Church, and Timothy Lutheran…
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