Partnership A Huge Blessing
A huge blessing for the Lincoln collection center. Bargain Box, a thrift store in Beatrice, NE donates clothing to us every 2 weeks. We take our truck & trailer to exchange 12 empty laundry carts for 12 full ones. Most of the clothing, quilts and sleeping mats are sorted and placed in the totes for…
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29 Hygiene Kits Delivered For Hurricane Helene Relief
Christina Steffan and her 9-year-old daughter Clara put together 29 Hygiene kits to be shared with people in N. Carolina. They put these together every year for OGT and are grateful these will comfort families devastated from the horrific floods. Thank you for your servant hearts!
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Wonderful Volunteers Help Pack Hygiene Kits for Hurricane Helene
The Lord blessed Mid-Atlantic Branch on Wednesday, October 9th, with 31 volunteers who answered an urgent call to make hygiene kits for Hurricane Helene victims. All 1,958 kits, plus more to be made in the next few days, are anticipated to be shipped to Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Asheville, NC, the week of October 13th.
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Tanker Delivered to Asheville
OGT’s 5,300-gallon water tanker made it to Asheville, NC and is hooked up for showers and flushing toilets. The tanker will stay at the location for disaster relief personnel to take and refill it to be used again & again. Thank you, OGT Logistics driver Bob Schleppenbach (pictured center wearing OGT shirt), may you have…
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Bowling Fundraiser A Success
Maryland Branch recently held their first Bowling Fundraiser which was a success! They had many teams bowling Ten pins & Duck pins along with sponsors for the event. Our Presenting Sponsor was Thrivent Liberty Team. Our Strike Sponsors were Chick-fil-A & Mid-Atlantic Deck & Fence Co. and we had a Memorial Sponsor by Gail Kolos…
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Mercy Meals Arrive In Haiti
Praise God – we were able to get a shipment of 256,608 Mercy Meals unloaded & distributed in Haiti! It has been more then one year since we have been able to ship to Haiti and are so grateful for this successfully reaching Josias Marin, our long-time recipient. Keep praying for this country and the…
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Potatoes Delivered to Ysleta Mission in Texas
Wisconsin Branch volunteers loaded 30,000 pounds of potatoes – 30 pallets of 125 (8 lb.) bags headed for Ysleta Mission in El Paso. What wonderful blessings with so many ways to serve potatoes. Thank you, WI donors and volunteers!
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Project Recycling for Life Donate Clothing
The Lincoln Collection Center picked up 50 to 75 bags of clothes from Project Recycling for Life based in Firth, Nebraska, a small town with population of 649 people. Valerie Greaux (pictured L) the founder of PRL and her helper Connie Baruth (pictured R) from Omaha helped load OGT’s trailer with presorted clothing donated from…
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Water Tanker Will Soon Arrive Asheville
OGT’s 5,300-gallon water tanker is leaving this morning for Asheville, N. Carolina to assist with no running water due to damaged water pipes. The tanker will be set up at Emmanuel Lutheran Church to furnish water for showers and flushing toilets. Thank you, OGT supporters for making these needed shipments for disaster relief possible!
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