Orphan Grain Train - Concordia Evangelical Lutheran Church

October 2025 Update

It has been and will be a busy month at your Orphan Grain Train MidAtlantic Branch.

We thank all of you who donated to Boscov’s Friends Helping Friends discount coupons. It has been in our top three fundraisers in recent years. The event was October 22nd this year, so we are still gathering the results from the five stores where we participated.

We have shrink-wrapped eight pallets of clothing (about 280 boxes) to go to Christian Appalachian Project (Kentucky) in November. Some walkers and bikes will go along to fill half of a 53-foot combo-trailer. The Annapolis branch will fill the other half.

We scheduled an overseas shipment to Latvia for October 29th. It is mostly winter clothing and bedding to be distributed by the Red Cross there.

We are also kicking off our matching funds drive. This year our main donors have pledged $25,000 so the combined goal is to exceed $50,000. You can mail donations to OGT at 89 Line Road, Malvern, PA 19355, or you can go online to OGT.org then click to branch locations, Mid Atlantic, and donate. The needs are increasing everywhere – here, across the country, and around the world. Our branch distributes to local support groups and has increased to five or six shipments per year.

We liken our branch to a stool with a seat and three legs. The mission in the center states, “In loving response to Christ, the Servant, the Orphan Grain Train movement encourages and enables God’s people to share personal and material resources in bringing Christs name and character to needy people, both far and near.” The legs are clothing (and box) donations, volunteers, and financial donations.

Our financial needs will increase due to growth and because we must find a new location before our lease expires in December of 2026. Donations to OGT are used 97.7 percent for the mission. Our branch is entirely staffed by volunteers, and we need more.

To God alone be the Glory,
Rob Hall, MidAtlantic Branch Manager

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