70 Quilts Made This Past Winter Donated to OGT
Len Gebhardt with his wife Gretchen dropped off 70 quilts at the Norfolk warehouse. He made these over the winter and has made hundreds of them since retiring from St. John Lutheran Church in Charter Oak, IA in 2004. Thank you for sharing your time and talent with serving those in need through OGT.
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Ambitious FFA Students Help Load Container for Kyrgyzstan
Rocky Mountain Branch in Julesburg, CO teamed up with Norfolk warehouse to fund a shipment for Kyrgyzstan. Rocky Mountain volunteers with the help from ambitious FFA students loaded medical equipment, school backpacks with supplies, coats, shoes, clothes and quilts for Social Charity Fund “Compassion”. They have been a long time recipient of OGTs and serve…
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Adorable Video of Pure Joy
This is one of the most touching and adorable videos OGT has received showing how your contribution helps others. The giggle and laughter from this little girl is priceless! Thank you OGT supporters for changing the lives of so many in need. This walker was included on a shipment that was from the Norfolk warehouse…
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Volunteers Load a Container Destined for Lithuania
Jurbarkas Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lithuania will soon be receiving school kits, sewing machines with supplies, church furnishings, medical equipment, hygiene kits, diapers, clothing, coats and quilts from the Norfolk warehouse. Jurbarkas Lutheran Church outreach program assists families living in poverty, the elderly, disabled and children in orphanages. Praise be to God!
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CRS in Liberia Await Shipment That Will Help Bless Many
Children Relief Services in Monrovia, Liberia will soon be receiving 130,896 Kids Against Hunger meals, Bibles, sewing machines and supplies, school furniture, towels, medical equipment, clothing, bedding, household supplies and furniture from the Norfolk warehouse. CRS gives hope to orphans and less-fortunate children living in extreme poverty in and around Monrovia. The photos are from…
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Hard Working Volunteers Loaded Shipment Destined for Ukraine
OGT’s Norfolk warehouse is not just focusing on flood victims; our volunteers loaded a shipment of aid for Melitopol, Ukraine. Charitable Organization “Mariam” requested fortified rice meals and is grateful to be receiving 42,768 Mercy Meals. This is the first time OGT has shipped Mercy Meals to the Ukraine. Also loaded was fire fighters gear,…
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Donated Hay Delivered
OGT recently delivered donated hay from a farmer in West point, NE to a farmer in Hooper, NE. The farmstead was severely damaged by flood waters in Hooper. The farmer can’t even use his tractor because his barn took in so much water it collapsed on top of his tractor inside. The cattle that survived…
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Meals, Aid and Hospital Equipment Shipped to Zambia
Norfolk warehouse volunteers loaded a shipment of 85,536 Mercy Meals, hospital equipment, PETs (all terrain wheelchairs), mattresses, clothing and bedding for Zambia, Africa. OGT’s recipient is Dr. Marjie Heier, Medical Director of Chifundo Rural Health Center which assists children and families that cannot afford medical help let alone enough food for even two meals a…
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Bunk Beds Provide Orphans in Romania Restful Sleep
These bunk-beds have been on a journey; first starting at St. Francis University in Fort Wayne, IN then to an auction house in New Haven, IN to be picked up by OGT then shipped to Bucharest, Romania. Who would have guessed that they would serve orphans with restful sleep at Bread of Life Orphanage? Photos…
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