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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Four Home in Desperate Need in California Repaired
Earlier this year, heavy rains flooded the town of Pond in California with water levels as high as 5-6’ in homes. OGT is working with Disaster Relief Team of St. John’s Lutheran Church, Bakersfield CA and offered $8,800.00 to purchase insulation and drywall to repair four homes in desperate need. Thank you for being the…
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Giving Tuesday Blessings
Thank You! Together We Made A Difference Giving Tuesday On Giving Tuesday, Nov. 28, Orphan Grain Train partnered with Thrivent to raise funds to help families that have lost everything in Maui. Our donors and supporters ARE THE BEST! You generously gave $109,043.00 in donations! This amount did not seem possible but with God it…
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Many Helped By Aid Received
Toi Carter, our partner in New Orleans, recently received various food, disaster relief supplies, hygiene kits, blankets and cleaning supplies ready to be used for upcoming disasters. Lincoln Collection Center in Nebraska collected most of the cleaning supplies which were divided up with food and taken to Mississippi for disaster relief efforts there.
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Aid Received Will Help Many in Kentucky
Manna from Heaven in Myra, KY helps many families living in poverty. They were grateful to receive 11,000 pounds of various foods, 11,880 Mercy Meals, bikes, diapers, school supplies, children’s items and other needed goods from Wisconsin Branch in Westfield.
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