Orphan Grain Train - Minnesota North Regional Division

Minnesota North Regional Division

Potatoes sent to Ysleta Mission

On Sept. 4, 2007, 42,000 pounds of potatoes from Minnesota North Regional Division were delivered to Ysleta Lutheran Mission in El Paso, Texas.

Photos courtesy Elvira Viramontes, YLM.

The potatoes, donated by a farmer in Long Prarie, Minn., will be distributed by YLM to needy people in the area.

Fall 2006

Health kits collected by the MN North LWML in 2005 for Hurricane Katrina recovery.

Collection of new socks and undies at the 2006 MN North District LCMS Convention in Brainerd, Minn.

Hospital beds donated by Eventide Lutheran Home in Moorhead, Minn.

A load of donated clothing from South Dakota Regional Division.

Volunteers pause for a group photo while loading boxes of sorted clothing to be shipped where needed most by Wisconsin Regional Division.

Volunteers after packing another load to be shipped by Wisconsin Regional Division.

Spring 2006

Since January, 2006, the division has done the following:

January - Collected Global Care Packages and brought them to Norfolk.
January - Brought 28 boxes of health kits to Norfolk
February - Our division emptied our trailer (800 or more boxes were sent to the Wisconsin Division for shipping. (Thank you Bill for your help)
March - We are receiving lots of quilts at this time that the ladies in our District have made this past winter.
We continue to work with South Dakota Division with receiving and storing boxes until shipping.
We are doing an ingathering of new socks and undies in our division and they will be brought to the Minnesota North District LCMS Convention to be held May 8-9 at Brainerd.
As of April 10, we have 504 boxes in our warehouse.

Director of Minnesota North Division
Eugene Pasche

COLLECTION OF NEW SOCKS AND UNDIES

All congregations in the Minnesota North District are invited to collect NEW socks and undies (men's, women's & children's) for Orphan Grain Train and bring them to the in-gathering at the MN North District Convention on May 8th-10th, 2006 at Madden's Resort, Brainerd, MN. These items will be sent to help meet the needs of Katrina relief or other countries. Any questions, please call Gene Pasche (Director of MN North District of the Orphan Grain Train) at 320-589-2796.

Our division was highlighted in the Summer 2005 edition of Thrivent magazine on page 13, where a photo and quote from Regional Division chairman, Eugene Pasche, can be found. The complete interview with Gene can be found online at: http://www.thrivent.com/magazine/summer05/Mag_coverd_sub.html

Minnesota North Regional Division
Eugene Pasche
29779 510th Ave
Morris, MN 56267-4310
(320) 589-2796
minnesota-north.div@ogt.org