Layette Kits and Quilts Delivered
Perry and Connie Wilson of Trinity Lutheran Church, Glenwood, IA came to the Lincoln Collection Center with 10 layette kits and 10 quilts to donate! Connie made the layette kits and ladies at Trinity made the quilts. Connie also volunteers in the medical supply room, sorting, counting and packing medical supplies to be sent around…
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Every Little Girl Deserves a Beautiful Dress
Ann Strange from Sheridan Lutheran Church in Lincoln, NE believes every little girl deserves a beautiful dress. She has made 136 pillowcase dresses for OGT so far.
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Lifesaving Medical Supplies Delivered
Lincoln Collection Center appreciates the partnership with Bryan Health Care in supplying donated medical supplies which are sorted and packed and shipped to disaster areas in the US and to 71 countries around the world. These are lifesaving and life changing donations. Thank you! Pictured are Chris, Derek and Nate from the Bryan Warehouse and…
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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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70 Hygiene Kits Packed at Presentation and Dinner
Fifty seniors at Christ Lutheran Church in Lincoln attended a dinner and OGT presentation by Kathy Carter August 27, 2023. Wendy Herrold helped write a Thrivent Action Team grant and they were able to pack 70 hygiene kits for OGT.
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47 Christmas Boxes Delivered Will Bless Children
Howard and Karon Killigan from Trinity Lutheran Church in Shenandoah, IA delivered 47 Christmas boxes to the OGT’s Lincoln Collection Center. Members of the congregation came together to make the boxes for children in need. Shenandoah is about 80 miles from Lincoln, NE.
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Goods Loaded Will Help Those in Need
Lincoln Collection Center volunteers loaded an OGT semi-truck with 12 bicycles, 10 wheelchairs and pallets of boxed goods for OGT headquarters in Norfolk. Pastor Ron Holling from Omaha repaired the bicycles to be sent overseas. Thank you everyone involved!
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Domestic Deliveries Bless Those in Kentucky and Louisiana
Norfolk warehouse volunteers recently loaded two domestic disaster shipments. First one contained 28 pallets of various food for His Hands Ministries to fill the shelves of their food pantry in Hickory, KY. The next was 18 pallets of various food, household items and 53 disaster cleaning buckets (which were from OGT’s Lincoln Collection Center) delivered…
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Feminine Kits Distributed to Women in Republic of Georgia
The feminine kits were made and donated by Common Threads in Lincoln, Ne. started by Wendy Rich and Kathy Carter after a mission trip to Tanzania with STEMM in 2018. Became a Days for Girls Chapter in 2019 and now have over 400 men and women who volunteer with this ministry and 25 different churches…
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