Pro-Lift Rigging Presents $10,000 Surprise to OGT Phoenix
On Tuesday, August 11, 2026, Jeannie Becker and Jean Weber from the Orphan Grain Train Phoenix Branch presented the OGT story to the employees at Pro-Lift Rigging in Glendale, Arizona. After the presentation the employees presented a check for $10,000.00 to the Phoenix Branch to cover operational costs. This was an unexpected and welcomed blessing….
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Church on the Street in Phoenix Receives Bibles from OGT Phoenix
Orphan Grain Train Phoenix partners with Church on the Street in Phoenix, a nonprofit Christian mission with a heart to win and build people for Christ. It has a special focus on the homeless and incarcerated. Church on the Street requested a supply of Bibles and tracts from the OGT branch. On August 8th, Church…
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OGT Phoenix Assembly Line Crew Puts Together 130 Hygiene Kits
On Saturday, July 25, Orphan Grain Train Phoenix Branch created an assembly line and made 130 hygiene kits. All of the supplies for the kits were donated. The owner of several B&B’s donates gently used towels and wash clothes to OGT Wichita twice a year when he replaces the old for new. These hygiene kits…
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Navajo Nations Receive Shipments from OGT Phoenix
On June 11, 2026, the Phoenix Branch rented a 26’ box truck to take donations to two Arizona Navajo Nation locations. This was a three-day trip because of the distance from the Phoenix warehouse. Day 1: load the truck and drive to eastern Arizona and stay overnight. Day 2: drive to both locations and unload…
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Phoenix Church Gathers Items for OGT Phoenix
Another Phoenix area church has now partnered with Orphan Grain Train Phoenix. This month Christ Church Lutheran-Phoenix has jumped on board. Their first request to the congregation resulted in the filling of two Gaylord bins. Jim and Cheryl Clough and Stephanie Alex will manage the donations from CCL and make sure they get to the…
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Saving Grace in AZ Donates Twenty Hand-Made Quilts
On May 5, the quilting group from Saving Grace Lutheran Church-Queen Creek, AZ invited the Orphan Grain Train Phoenix Branch to their quilting meeting. After hearing the OGT story, these ladies donated twenty lovely hand-made quilts. These quilts will be delivered to a new location on the Navajo Nation in Rock Point, AZ on June…
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Navajo Nation Receives Donations from OGT Phoenix
Last week, Thursday, April 9, the Orphan Grain Train Phoenix branch rented a 26’ box truck and drove four hours to Tuba City, AZ to deliver a truck load of donations to the Navajo Nation. Eleven pallets with 660 boxes and one Gaylord with bikes, medical equipment and oversized toys were unloaded in 1 ½…
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Wells Fargo Employees in Phoenix Build Team Spirit by Building Kits
A volunteer at Orphan Grain Train Phoenix also works for Wells Fargo Bank. As a team building event, Stephanie Arruda/Sanderson, used a Thrivent gift card to purchase the needed items to build hygiene kits. Her team made 56 hygiene kits and donated them to the Phoenix branch. (Stephanie is the second from the left in…
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Phoenix Represents OGT at Superstition Sunrise Park Quilt Show
Orphan Grain Train Phoenix brought along their loom to the annual Superstition Sunrise Park Quilt show. in Apache Junction, AZ. According to Jean Weber, OGT AZ volunteer, “the loom just draws people to it. ” The original instructions for the OGT mats made from plastic grocery bags, required people to hand crochet the mats. This…
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