Goods Delivered to The Way Community Center in Kentucky
Bob Schleppenbach, OGT Logistics driver, delivered 24 pallets of various foods, cleaners and hygiene supplies to The Way Community Center in Wingo, Kentucky. The Way assists many families still recovering from the 2022 tornado and those living in poverty. Thank you, OGT supporters, for sharing Christ’s love with families in Kentucky!
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Local Church Helps Gather Aid for Maui
OGT’s Lincoln Collection Center partnered with St Mark’s Methodist Church to support disaster relief for Maui. They donated 5 new generators and a car load of canned food and hygiene products. Pictured are Karen Ellis and Cheryl Peterson.
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120 Memorial Crosses and Aid Will Soon Arrive in Maui
Maui’s second shipment of aid and food was loaded this morning at the Norfolk warehouse. Included on the shipment were 120 crosses with hearts memorials for family members that lost love ones in the fire. These were donated by Lutheran Church Charities (LCC) – Thank you! We also included 5 pallets of Amazon donated items…
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Aid Delivered to The Way in Wingo Kentucky
Wisconsin Branch volunteers loaded nearly 17,000 pounds of various foods, 20,520 Food for Kidz meals, school kits, toys, household items, hygiene kits and other goods for The Way Community Center in Wingo, KY. The Way is a ministry that continues to help families whose homes were destroyed by recent tornadoes, those living in poverty and…
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Help Needed with Domestic Disaster Relief
Orphan Grain Train is passionate about helping hurting families devastated by natural disasters. Families in Mississippi are still living in uncertainty after homes & businesses were destroyed by tornadoes on June 19, 2023. Orphan Grain Train is working with a couple of ministries that are requesting: *cleaning supplies *diapers *paper products *laundry detergent These items…
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Disaster Relief Items for Maui Collected for OGT
Mary Martha Circle at Faith Lutheran Church in Sioux City, IA did an amazing job raising $890.00 in a few hours to purchase items on the ‘Needs List’ for Maui! They were having an OGT truck coming to pick up 10 pallets of Mercy Meals and wanted to include these items to take back to…
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Maui Wildfire Relief
Orphan Grain Train has distributed our first air-cargo shipment of requested food, water, wheelchairs and other items to Maui on Tuesday, August 22, 2023! Rev. Ralph Schmidt, OGT’s Director of Donor Advising and Chris Singer; Lutheran Church Charities, was in Maui working with Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Kahului, Maui and helped distribute OGT’s relief aid…
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Bringing Relief to Cattle During Heat Wave
OGT sends relief for cattle. Nebraska had several days with temperatures over 100°, nights not cooling under 80° and high humidity causing continual stress on cattle and several died. OGT was asked to help with spraying down cows using our water tanker. We filled the tanker several times at Norfolk’s water department hook up site…
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Domestic Disaster Buckets and Other Supplies Delivered to Mississippi
Lincoln Collection Center volunteers & donors did a great job collecting paper products, food, sanitation supplies and bleach along with putting together 200 disaster buckets that were packed with essential needs for sanitation cleanup following a disaster. The items were brought to the Norfolk warehouse where half of their products went to Moss Point, MS…
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