Latvia Loading is Thursday, September 11, 10:30 a.m.

 --- Sending to Biedriba Gaujaslici ---

Biedriba Gaujaslici is an Evangelical Lutheran Church organization in Cesis, a community of 20,000 people located 80 km east of the capitol city of Riga, Latvia.  
     Led by Helena Andersone, Biedriba Gaujaslici is a Lutheran outreach to families, the homeless, and refugees.  They will be the most recent recipient  of goods sent this coming Thursday from Orphan Grain Train--Michigan.
     Loading of approximately 3,000 cubic feet of boxes will begin at 10:30 a.m.  which generally requires two hours for volunteers to fill a full high-cube 40' shipping container.  We welcome any volunteers.
            Orphan Grain Train--Michigan is located at 126 E. Main St., Sebewaing.

Tbilisi, Georgia Photos

In April, a shipment of goods was sent from Michigan to Women for Justice at Tbilisi, the Republic of Georgia.  Here is just a sample of images we received of the distribution.

Alpena's Care for Children

     Did you know plush toys are considered humanitarian goods?  Especially when living circumstances are stressful or impoverished little girls and boys still need something to clutch.

     OGT donors from Alpena, Michigan and particularly Immanuel Lutheran Church have been especially responsive partners with Orphan Grain Train.  Here, Denny Neumann consults with Jill Crumm, one of our treasured volunteers about the plus toys he and Jon Kindt just delivered along with a large load of other goods.

216 Boxes Waiting for Your Help

                          

    These are only a few of the hundreds of prepared boxes waiting to be filled with humanitarian supplies given by you and other caring and generous donors.  

     Once filled with clothing, quilts, hygiene and school kits, and other humanitarian categories, the boxes wait again (4,766 boxes according to our August ending inventory) until we are able to send them to people in need here in the U.S. and around the world.

Symbiotic Friends

 So Thankful for Helping Hands, Caseville

      "Symbiotic" refers to a mutually beneficial relationship.  That's the wonderful way it has been for six years between Orphan Grain Train--Michigan and the Helping Hands Thrift Store in Caseville.
     For many years Helping Hands has served their community, and with each change of season they turn over inventory and contribute to OGT their excess supply.  Many times each year Tom drives a load to our center.  They are delighted to have a recipient of their unsold goods, and we are equally grateful for those material goods we can now send around the world.

Dear Heart Volunteers from Our Savior, Marlette

   Marlette, Michigan is an hour away, but on this occasion Lila Gilroy, Kathy Rachow, and Judy Fischer, members of Our Savior Lutheran Church, arrived with a load of donated good and then stayed all morning to volunteer time and energies.    We thank not only our faithful local crew of wonderful volunteers, we appreciate those others like these sweethearts who step in to help from time to time.

New Sack 'a Socks

The only clothing we ask to be new are socks and underclothes.