Emanuel Ministries Delivers Aid from OGT Phoenix Branch to San Luis Mexico
On January 30, Doru (Pastor Mike) Neamtu, with Emanuel Ministries, came to the Phoenix warehouse and picked up a box of pillowcase dresses and a box of quilts to take with him on February 22, when he will travel to San Luis, Mexico. Those will be delivered to the orphanage he works with there. There…
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LWML’s Women’s Retreat Volunteer
On Friday, January 24, 2025, OGT/Phoenix opened our warehouse to visitors attending a LWML Women’s Retreat in Phoenix. These women came from Southern California, Nevada and Arizona. Twenty women came to see our operation and many stayed and worked for a couple of hours. They were an enthusiastic group and managed to fill twenty-three boxes…
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Beautiful Pillowcase Dresses Sewn
Our winter visitor/volunteer, Carol Wrede and her Quilter’s on Wheels, located in Apache Junction, AZ, made twenty-four pillowcase dresses for OGT Phoenix Branch. This group of women had a work day on January 9 and each women made at least one dress. Carol used a Thrivent Action Team card and prepared a dress kit for…
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Wonderful Volunteers Sort and Pack 115 Boxes & Made 30 Hygiene Kits
In early December, Phoenix Branch had 22 volunteers, the most ever at one time, sort and box donations. They not only made 30 Hygiene Kits, but also filled 115 boxes with the newly sorted donations. Six of the men put up additional steel racking in the warehouse, providing us with additional storage. Phoenix also had…
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Lutheran Boder Concerns – San Diego Grateful for Donations Received
Pastor Ramon Contreras, with Lutheran Border Concerns-San Diego was in Phoenix attending a conference. He stopped at our Phoenix Branch warehouse and picked up a truck load of donations to take back to the border with him. Pictured with Pastor Ramon is Susan Thomas our Branch Secretary. He was given blankets, sleeping mats, and clothing.
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Many Helped By Aid Delivered
On November 19th, the Phoenix Branch volunteers loaded a 26-foot truck and delivered 612 boxes, bikes and medical supplies to the Tohono O’odham Nation, in Sells, AZ. The donations are distributed between fourteen districts with the Nation which cover a total of 2.8 million acres of land about the size of the State of Connecticut….
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