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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Valley Lutheran High Fills Boxes at Phoenix
On Thursday, March 5, twelve students and two teachers, from Valley Lutheran High School-Phoenix, came to the Orphan Grain Train Phoenix warehouse and volunteered for two hours. These students worked non-stop and helped fill 105 boxes. We look forward to their next visit! Thank you, Valley Lutheran High students for volunteering with great hearts. I…
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Desert Foothills Breaks OGT AZ Record for Sorting and Packing
Desert Foothills Lutheran Church, located in Scottsdale, AZ designated February as Orphan Grain Train Month. The members of the church collected donations during the month and brought them to the OGT Phoenix warehouse. On February 28, sixteen church members joined the Phoenix volunteers and sorted and boxed 205 boxes! This set a new all-time high…
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50 Layette Kits Given to OGT Phoenix
On February 7, a group of nineteen women from the Superstition Sunrise Resort, in Apache Junction, AZ, made 25 girl and 25 boy layette kits. This event was led by Carol Wrede, an Arizona winter resident from Norfolk, NE. Carol’s husband, Bernie Wrede, is on the National Orphan Grain Train Board of Directors. Carol used…
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“Snowbirds” Return to Volunteer in AZ
The Orphan Grain Train Phoenix Branch was blessed to have twelve snowbird volunteers at our warehouse today. (first picture) This is the second winter this group of friends came to us from Superstition Springs Resort in Apache Junction, AZ. They joined thirteen of our regular volunteers (second picture, not all 13 regular volunteers are in…
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Saving Grace Lutheran Church Quilt Mission Donates 45 quilts to OGT Phoenix
This picture shows just a few of the 45 assorted quilts that Orphan Grain Train Phoenix received from the Saving Grace Lutheran Church Quilt Mission. Saving Grace Lutheran Church is located in Queen Creek, AZ, about 50 miles from the Phoenix warehouse. Karalee Morris, one of the Quilting Mission members reported, to the Phoenix Branch,…
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Sunland Springs Village Quilting Club Gifts OGT Phoenix 50 Layette Kits
The Sunland Springs Village Quilting Club, located in Mesa, AZ, gifted the Orphan Grain Train Phoenix Branch with 50 Layette kits on January 6. This is the second year that they have used their talents to give to others. Last year, winter visitor Carol Wrede, (Norfolk, NE resident) used a Thrivent Action Funds card to…
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