Local Volleyball Team Help Sort and Pack
A local Castle Rock girls volleyball team made up of girls from several different high schools volunteered at OGT’s Castle Rock Collection Center packing clothes. They were a delight to have and energetic to get boxes packed! Thank you for your servant hearts!
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5,510 Hats Knitted for OGT Over the Years
Myrna Spilker from Plymouth, Ne. and her sons Steve and Doug toured OGT Lincoln Collection Center and donated a box of knitted stocking hats. Myrna has been knitting for 80 years and since she started counting several years ago she has knit 5,510 hats for Orphan Grain Train recipients to keep them warm! Praise God!
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5 Weeks Until Dedication of New Warehouse
So close! A mere 5 weeks until Houston Branch volunteers dedicate their new building March 23 at 3:00pm. Excitement mounts everytime we walk through the new Servant Center to check on construction progress. Ceiling is hung, tile laid, walls painted. Still waiting for the porcelain bathroom fixtures…that will be a good sign the end is…
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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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Students Lend Helping Hands
To celebrate National Lutheran Schools week, Christ Lutheran School in Norfolk, NE had Monday Madness for students to dress crazy and also had 6th-8th grade students pack textbooks and blanket boxes at OGT! Many happy helpers willing to serve!
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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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Two Special Requests Received To Help Those in Need
Highland Lakes Collection Center volunteers in Buchanan Dam, TX had two unique donation pick-ups from their location. One was Standish Foundation for Child Healthcare which is a surgical mission in Cambodia for pediatric cleft palates, etc. and they picked up several boxes of blankets. The second pick up was bedding, clothing & hygiene supplies for…
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Dedicated Volunteers Have Help to Feed Many
This group of volunteers pack Mercy Meals every Monday & Wednesday from 9-noon at OGT’s Servant Center in Norfolk, NE. The total they packed in 2024 was 2,778,840 Mercy Meals – which comes to 390 pallets of life-saving meals shipped to those in need in the US and around the world! Thank you for feeding…
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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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