Programs and Events
October 18,  2008
Minnesota Orphan Train Reunion

St. Francis Center in Little Falls, Minnesota

Click here for the
schedule and registration form for this year's reunion.  For more
information contact Joan Prochaska at 763-389-4892.            

Click
here to see a photo of the 2007 Reunion
April 25, 2009
Colorado Orphan Train Reunion

The 2008 Reunion has been cancelled this year, but will be held again in 2009.  
The Colorado Reunion will now be held every two years instead of every year.

Holiday Inn
Golden, Colorado

For more information on next year's reunion, contact Roz Brown at 303-969-9645
or
rozzie@rozbrown.com.

Click here to see photos of the 2006 event.  
May 16, 2009
Missouri Orphan Train Reunion

Riverside Church
5401 Mitchell
St. Joseph, Missouri

For information, contact Richard Pistole at 816-232-1445 or
rpistole@earthlink.net

To read an article on the 2008 Reunion click here
September 19-20, 2008
National Orphan Train Celebration

Our Lady of Perpetual Help Parish Hall
307 E. 5th St.
Concordia, KS 66901

Click on the following links to view the 2008
schedule and registration information.

There are limited hotel rooms, so please call and make your reservations early:
Holiday Inn - 785-243-2700 - $85/night
Super 8 -  785-243-4200 - $59.99/night
Econo Lodge - 785-243-1067
(ask for rooms saved under Orphan Train Celebration)

For more details contact NOTC at: 785-243-4471 or
othsa@msn.com

To read an article on the 2007 Celebration and see photographs of the event
click here.
June 6, 2009
Nebraska Orphan Train Reunion
Madison County Museum                     Platte County Historical Society Museum
118 W 3rd                                                            2916 16th St.
Madison, NE                                                         Columbus, NE

The 2008 Nebraska Reunion was held April 26-27.  Part of the Celebration was a
writing contest for the local elementary schools.  To compete in the contest, the
students were asked to write a short narrative starting with "I woke up in the year 1854
and was told I would be riding a train from New York to Nebraska"  
Click here to view the 8 winners.  

Click
here to read about the 2008 Reunion and see pictures.
July 2009
Louisiana Orphan Train Reunion

Louisiana Memorial United Methodist Church - Fellowship Hall
515 E. Bellevue St.
Opelousas, LA 70570

You are invited to attend a short program followed by refreshments from
12:00-4:00pm.  For more information or to RSVP, contact 337-942-7845. Donations
will be accepted to help pay for refreshments. Hosted by the Louisiana Orphan Train
Society.

To read about the 2008 Reunion
click here
Click here to read an article on the new museum being developed in Opelousas