Archive for May, 2009

John Hoyle overcomes challenges on the way to success
(BEAUMONT, Texas) – John Hoyle is expressive and talkative. He has the energy of someone with a direction, a purpose. Tall and thin, he’s seemingly made out of angles and edges.
John knows edges. An abuse survivor, he’s lived on them for much of his life. But now [...]

By Felipe Garza
Vice President of Domestic Operations
Buckner Children and Family Services
You may be like a lot of people I know: You may not think you can do anything about the epidemic of child abuse in our state – in our country – but that is a false assumption. Everyone can help prevent children from suffering [...]

By Analiz González Schremmer
Buckner International
(MIDLAND, Texas) — Buckner International Hearthstone received $15,000 from the King Foundation in Dallas.
Buckner Hearthstone is a therapeutic foster home that serves abused, neglected and abandoned children in Midland who have been removed from their homes by Child Protective Services.
The children live there until they return home, are placed with a [...]

Free Interest Meeting May 20 at Lake Pointe Church in Rockwall
Ten Russian orphans will make the trip of a lifetime as they travel across the world to stay with American host families this August.
The program, called Angels from Abroad, provides older children who are available for international adoption a chance to learn about American culture, [...]

Matching Funds Available for Online Donations May 20
Online gifts made to Buckner on May 20 will be matched dollar for dollar when made through DonorBridge, a new online resource for non-profit supporters in North Texas. The gifts will be matched by Community Foundation of Texas and the Dallas Foundation in celebration of the launch.
Buckner giving [...]

(DALLAS, Texas) – The boards of two senior living providers with Texas Baptist ties have given the green light for the organizations to affiliate in 2010, say leaders for the respective institutions. Dallas-based Buckner Retirement Services Inc., which owns and manages five senior living communities in Texas, is exploring an affiliation with Baptist Memorials Ministries, [...]

Imagine moving your mouth, but having no sound come out. Not a very good feeling, is it? That’s what it’s like for millions of children around the world. No one hears them.
But through the Voice program of Buckner, you can speak for these children. When you choose to be a Voice, you are choosing to [...]

By Analiz González Schremmer
It’s typically seen as something negative to be a “copy-cat.” Yet the Missouri Rotary Clubs have proved that good works inspire positive imitation, too.
“Rotary Clubs in north Missouri started conducting drives for us in 2001,” said Rachel Garton, director for Buckner Shoes for Orphan Souls. “Since then, a number of other Rotary [...]

By Analiz González Schremmer
(DALLAS, Texas) — The Buckner Voice Council, a group in their 20s and 30s, announced their goal to recruit 1,000 new Voice donors in 2009.
Voice donors commit to donating at least $25 a month to support Buckner programs.
David Slover, executive vice president of the Buckner Foundation, said that the Voice Council was [...]