Behind the scenes of our first shipment.


Wednesday, April 20th, 2022

OB4K volunteers met at Bowman Field (airport) in Louisville, KY on Wednesday to prepare around 1,000 backpacks for shipment to Germany utilizing our FedEx partners. Your backpacks were organized according to age groups and packed tightly into prefabricated shipping boxes. These boxes were completely filled then sealed with an industrial-grade celophane wrap before being transported to FedEx for air delivery. The bags take off on April 21, 2022 and will be in the hands of refugee children shortly after. This is your work, your donations, your support!

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Dave Schmitz and daughter. Dave donated his hangar for bag storage and processing. Thanks Dave!!

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Jeff Martin, Erick Gerdes, and Bill Vaughan
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Former Navy pilot, Erick Gerdes, finding every free square inch of space while loading a pallet. Jeff Daus And Dave Schmitz behind.
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Keeping things organized…
Thank to all who came out to help make this happen!
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And they’re off…

Stay tuned as we follow these bags on the rest of their journey…

– Team OB4K

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