Continued Help in the Omaha Area
Norfolk Warehouse volunteers loaded several plastic totes with lids, buckets, duct tape and rubber boots for Omaha Rapid Response team in Elkhorn, NE to use for cleaning up after the recent tornadoes. Please continue to pray for the families devastated from this horrific storm.
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Office Trailer with a Bedroom Delivered to Help Family in Waterloo
OGT delivered an office trailer with bedroom to a Waterloo, NE family; their home and family business was severely damaged and many out buildings destroyed after it was struck by a tornado on April 26. This was the same tornado that ripped through Elkhorn destroying many homes. OGT continues to work with Omaha Rapid Response…
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Two Containers Delivered to Elkhorn Nebraska
OGT’s delivered two containers to Elkhorn, NE. to help with clean up after a tornado ravaged around 240 homes. It was an EF3 with peak winds of 165 mph, nearly a mile wide and remained on the ground for 30 minutes. The container shown is empty and will be at Bethany Lutheran Church today to…
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Disaster Relief for NE, IA & OK
We Need Your Help for Tornado Disaster Relief Supplies Orphan Grain Train is working with organizations accessing the damage from the destructive tornadoes that ripped through parts of Nebraska, Iowa and Oklahoma recently. The outpour of help from communities and organizations has been amazing and clean up is underway with retrieving of personal items. We…
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Many In Need After Tornado
On Wednesday, April 10, Slidell, LA was hit by an EF-2 tornado that wreaked havoc on this town that has survived hurricanes but never a tornado like this. Many buildings and homes were damaged with cars overturned leaving residents traumatized. OGT’s Field Work Director Pete Gnan happened to be in a neighboring town working with…
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Hay Delivered to Texas
Nikki Lutz, driver, took a load of hay to Justin Coleman ranch is Briscoe, TX on 4/13. Briscoe is south of Canadian, TX and sustained long term damage from last month’s fires in the Texas panhandle. This is one of 6 loads that went out in the past week to either the Oklahoma or Texas…
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Storage and Tools Will Help Others Provide Help to Folks in Need
The Fuller Center – Disaster ReBuilders organization has been a partner with OGT in Louisiana for several years helping families rebuild after hurricanes. The containers are filled with various tools and storage used by volunteers cleaning up and rebuilding disaster areas. Photos are of the containers being placed at Clarksville, TN for Fuller Disaster volunteers…
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1,900 Fence Posts Delivered to Texas
OGT purchased & delivered 1,900 wooden fence posts for ranchers in Texas that had posts destroyed in the recent wildfires. They are in desperate need of these to corral livestock that survived. Thank you, OGT donors for your support of Texas disaster relief aid. OGT has funded 3 loads of hay bales for ranchers in…
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Hay Designated to Help Calves Orphaned
Lowell Kreiger took a load of donated hay for OGT to Oklahoma for fire relief. This load of hay was designated to help calves that were orphaned and needed feed. OGT also had calf milk delivered for the calves. Thank you, OGT supporters, for providing this needed relief for ranchers that lost nearly everything.
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