Browsing Tag: Phoenix

OGT Phoenix Delivers to Tohono O’odham Nation

Orphan Grain Train Phoenix delivered 660 boxes of assorted clothing, bedding, blankets and medical equipment, chairs, a wheelchair ramp and more, to the Tohono O’odham Nation in Sells, AZ, on November 14. The branch rented a 26’ box truck and drove it 2 ½ hours to Sells, AZ. With Sells being in close proximity to…

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Backpacks, Fellowship, and Helping Hands

Guided by Director of Youth GeriLynn Merriam, the youth of Ascension Lutheran Church in Tucson assembled backpack kits for Orphan Grain Train–Phoenix. On July 31, six dedicated volunteers made the two-hour drive to our Phoenix warehouse to personally deliver the kits. Not only did they bring the backpacks—they stayed an additional three hours to help…

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OGT Phoenix Delivers Aid to Navajo Nation

“Welcome to Klagetoh” Chapter House sign, this is a small community of 166 residents in Apache County, AZ ( We were unfamiliar with the term Chapter House and we learned about it while there. A Chapter House is the most local form of government on the Navajo Nation. The Nation is broken into five agencies….

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OGT Phoenix Gets Boost from Thrivent & Wells Fargo

This picture is from Orphan Grain Train Phoenix volunteer, Stephanie Arruda, (back row first on the left). She works for Wells Fargo Bank in the Consumer Lending-Auto Line of Business Department in Chandler, AZ. She and her teammates made hygiene kits for OGT/Phoenix, using funds from a Thrivent Action Team Card. Hygiene kits are always…

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Bringing Comfort to the Desert

Orphan Grain Train Phoenix delivered a load of linens, blankets, clothing and household items to Tohono O’odham Nation in Sells, Arizona. Sixty boxes of hygiene products, 30 layette kits and 24 pieces of medical equipment were also delivered with this load. The Tohono O’odham Nation is located within the Sonoran Desert in south central Arizona….

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