Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Iowa City


ORPHAN GRAIN TRAIN COMES TO OUR REDEEMER

On March 9, an Orphan Grain Train truck was able to stop in Iowa City to pick up items the congregation had originally planned to deliver to them in Norfolk, Nebraska.

The items included hospital beds, l mattresses, wheelchairs, and walkers. Also, there were 98 quilts and a blanket from Our Redeemer's Comfort-tiers.

The money that had been collected from the congregation for shipping was instead sent along with the driver as a donation.

The equipment donors were Guttenberg Care Center and Iowa City Rehab and Health Care.

A previous pickup load of wheelchairs and beds was taken by volunteers to Ida Grove’s Orphan Grain Train warehouse. This equipment was donated by a Care Center in Washington, Iowa, and consisted of hospital beds, mattresses, and wheelchairs.