St. John’s Staff Serve Others
St. John’s Church and School staff members from Battle Creek, Nebraska dedicated their morning to volunteering at the Orphan Grain Train’s Servant Center in Norfolk. 5,400 Mercy Meals were made, and 210 boxes of blankets were packed in a few hours. We thank you St. John’s staff for joining us again this year and bringing…
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Shoutout to Our Amazing Young Adult Volunteers!
What a great group of Young Adult Volunteers! During the Orphan Grain Train three-day Mercy Meals packing event at the LCMS Youth Gathering in New Orleans, these YAV’s helped organize each new group, made sure group members had on hair nets and aprons and helped oversee each line to keep things running smoothly. Kudos to…
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Four Generations Serve Together at the Norfolk Servant Center
Last week a group of people from Pender, Nebraska showed up with a few extra helpers at the Orphan Grain Train Servant Center in Norfolk, Nebraska: Laurie Brokaw came with three of her grandchildren. Laurie’s aunt, Roberta Kai and her great-granddaughter and Carmen Wolfe, who is Laurie’s daughter and Orphan Grain Train’s Servant Center’s receptionist,…
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OGT at LCMS Youth Gathering in New Orleans!
The Orphan Grain Train team is on the ground in New Orleans for the LCMS Youth Gathering, and today marks the first full day of action! Youth groups from across the country are working hard toward a powerful goal: 150,000 Mercy Meals packed in just three days. We’re off to an amazing start — 4,700…
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Legacy of Love Shared
Three generations helped 3rd-5th graders pack Mercy Meals on July 11 at Orphan Grain Train-Lincoln. Joan Stolle brought her daughter Kristen and granddaughter Dagney from Florida to pack over 5000 meals in two hours. Thank you, ladies for mixing family gathering with making food to feed thousands.
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God’s Work Through Volunteers
And now more evidence that God is always up to something. This group has been gathering for at least five years to put together hygiene kits. Using their Thrivent Action Team dollars, they have been able to purchase the materials needed, build the kits and donate them to Orphan Grain Train-Ohio. The kits made at…
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Milbank Volunteers Pack 27 Pallets for OGT-Norfolk Shipments
Orphan Grain Train Collection Center in Milbank, South Dakota packed 27 pallets that included Mercy Meals, sleeping mats, quilts, hygiene kits and layette kits. Volunteers loaded the pallets into a truck that came from OGT-Norfolk. These items will be added to Norfolk’s inventory for shipments either domestically or internationally. The Milbank Center has six new…
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St. Mark’s Youth Serve
St Mark’s Methodist Church visited the Orphan Grain Train-Lincoln warehouse three times this week with three different groups of youth. They assembled Mercy Meals, hygiene kits, and school kits as well as packed quilts and blankets for disaster relief. Thank you, St. Mark’s for bringing your youth to volunteer at OGT-Lincoln and making this part…
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Ten Junior Highers Pack 100+ Clothing Boxes at OGT-Castle Rock
Ten Junior High Students from Family of Christ Lutheran Church, Monument, Colorado sorted and packed over 100 boxes of clothing at Orphan Grain Train-Castle Rock, CO on July 10, 2025. As their smiling faces show, the students and two mothers had a great time volunteering at OGT. Garry Fuller and Chuck Jones, not pictured, supervised…
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