Mercy Meals and Aid Will Help Many in Need
South Dakota Collection Center volunteers loaded 22 pallets of clothing, blankets, various special project kits and sleeping mats along with Mercy Meals into a semi-trailer headed for Norfolk warehouse. The goods and food will serve many in need worldwide. Thank you, SD donors and volunteers!
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So Many Good Things Happening in South Dakota
Linnea Schwandt, coordinator for OGT’s South Dakota Collection Center in Milbank shared many blessings they have received from supporters. “We recently received $254.00 total from two separate lemonade stands that five children, with help of their grandmas, set up on different days in Milbank. That is a lot of lemonade sold! Also, five women traveled…
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Many Help to Make Special Projects
Many have been busy making special projects for OGT’s South Dakota Collection Center in Milbank! More that 200 baby quilts were donated by a local resident. They also had Mercy Meals packing event which many organizations came to help and meals were donated. Mt. Olive LWML in Watertown, SD brought in many quilts again. They…
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A Busy Week Full of Wonderful Volunteers
South Dakota Collection Center volunteers in Milbank have been busy the last few days And It’s WONDERFUL!!! The Gary Ridgers 4-H club packed 25 boxes of Mercy Meals – that’s 5,400 meals. Random volunteers packed 7 boxes – 1,080 meals Wednesday morning and that afternoon 4H Advisors group (arranged by Sara Koepke) packed 17 boxes-…
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German Sausage Dinner Fundraiser For South Dakota Collection Center
Kenneth and Mae Saeger (first photo)are the only original Lutheran Layman’s League members still volunteering at South Dakota Collection Center in Milbank. They were also the greeters for the recent German Sausage Dinner fundraiser for South Dakota location. The dinner was a success with more than 180 people served with funds raised going toward global…
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Zambia Grateful for Mercy Meals Received
Gospelink in Zambia was relieved and grateful to receive 256,608 life-saving Mercy Meals! Malnutrition and hunger are extremely common in the region. Gospelink has a clinic that sees children 5 & under for immunizations and nutrition. They are able to determine malnourished children and less privileged mothers to whom meals were given. They were also…
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German Sausage Dinner
If you are going to be near Milbank, SD this Sunday you might want to stop by Emanuel Lutheran Church for a German Sausage dinner. OGT’s South Dakota location is having the fundraiser with free will offering to go toward shipping costs. We hope to see you there!
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Servant Event with South Dakota LWML a Success
OGT’s South Dakota Collection Center volunteers in Milbank , which is celebrating their 80th anniversary. It was quite fitting that the LWML had 80 people attend the all-day event held at the SD collection center. They had shifts throughout the day and was able to pack 21,600 Mercy Meals. The ladies also took shifts sorting…
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