(SEGUIN, TEXAS) – Full appetites and a year’s worth of bragging rights were on the line at the third annual Taste of Seguin fundraiser June 17 at the Knights of Columbus Hall.
Taste of Seguin, an annual fundraiser benefiting Shoes for Orphan Souls, Orphan Outreach and the Seguin I.S.D., featured some of the top restaurants in [...]
By Jenny Pope
About 100 kilometers east of Addis Ababa is the city of Nazaret, the third largest city in Ethiopia. More than 1 million citizens live here, including an estimated 7,000 teenage prostitutes. This is the reason Buckner/Bright Hope started a job training program here three years ago, and the reason why so many young [...]
Jun 30, 2009
Filed in Foundation, U.S. Ministry
By Emily Underwood
Buckner International
(DALLAS, Texas) – If a penny goes a long way, then The Dallas Foundation’s $25,000 gift to Buckner’s Crisis Relief Center goes the distance.
Dallas Foundation is an avenue that donors use to give towards philanthropic organizations that benefit people in the Dallas community.
“It is funds like those given by the Dallas [...]
(HOUSTON, Texas) — Parkway Place, a Buckner senior living community in West Houston broke ground July 1 in preparation for construction of a $2.5-million wellness center to be located on its campus.
The groundbreaking came 55 years to day that Buckner opened the Buckner Haven retirement community in Houston on July 1, 1954.
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Jun 18, 2009
Filed in Featured, U.S. Ministry
(Burnet, Texas) – Buckner foster children and families left their worries at the gate when they arrived at Camp Buckner for a weekend retreat June 10-12.
“I think the opportunity to get away from the distractions of home, whether it’s TV or computers, and just to come out here and enjoy each other re-energizes you to [...]
By Emily Underwood
Buckner International
(DALLAS, Texas) – Not everyone gives just to get something back.
Rachel Silmon participated in the Jack and Jill Conference for African-American youth in the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport’s Hyatt Regency Hotel. The group of more than 500 donated 350 pairs to Buckner International’s Shoes for Orphan Souls and 300 pairs of socks at [...]
By Analiz G. Schremmer
Buckner International
Proceeds from a women’s volleyball game between the Dallas Baptist University Patriots and the Peruvian National Youth team gave a group of orphans a chance at a healthier life.
More than 300 Peruvian girls from the Carrera Orphanage are enjoying a new gym packed with workout equipment. They are also benefiting from [...]
Jun 9, 2009
Filed in U.S. Ministry
By Ryan Brown
Buckner International
(Dallas, Texas) — Buckner International and Primera Iglesia Bautista Mexicana saw an idea become reality on June 7 when Primera held a ribbon-cutting ceremony in celebration of its new community center.
“We took a storage area, cleaned it up and were able to make our assets useful for God’s ministries,” said Danny Cancino, [...]
By Scott Collins
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia – It would be impossible to find the Buckner Boys Transitional Home without help. But help is what this place is all about.
The entrance is a non-descript doorway that looks like thousands of others in St. Petersburg. The building was built in 1882 and the entry looks unchanged from the [...]
By Analiz Schremmer
Time is running out for individuals to sign up to serve orphan and needy children in McAllen, Texas and China in two separate mission trips this August.
Trip participants will distribute Shoes for Orphan Souls to children in need and, although the shoes will be distributed regardless of the number of volunteers, their presence [...]
