Archive for October, 2009

By Analiz G. Schremmer
BEAUMONT, Texas — Valero Energy Corporation donated $10,000 to Buckner Children and Family Services in Southeast Texas on Oct. 15.
“It is part of Valero’s culture to give back to the communities in which our facilities are located,” said Barbara Phillips, public affairs manager at the Valero Port Arthur refinery.
The donation came from [...]

By Analiz G. Schremmer
Earlier this year, Buckner International partnered with An Orphan’s Bright Star to send 121 Shoes for Orphan Souls to children and teens in the Green Forest Internat orphanage in Kharkiv, Ukraine. The children received them as Easter presents.
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Thanks for all the sponsors, volunteers and participants who took part in our 2009 golf tournaments around the state of Texas. They were a great success!
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(MIDLAND, Texas) – Officials with Buckner Family Place in Midland announced Oct. 6 a $600,000 expansion of the facility located at 421 W. Pecan.
The expansion increases the number of apartment units available to single-parent families from the current eight to 12 with construction of four new apartments.
Buckner Family Place in Midland opened in 2003 and [...]

By Analiz G. Schremmer
DALLAS, Texas — Thirty-seven new members of the Junior League of Dallas participated in a provisional project with Buckner International and Shoes for Orphan Souls.
The women spent time making crafts with 29 children from two of Buckner’s after-school programs in the Dallas/ Fort Worth area. They also worked with the children to sort [...]

By Jenny Pope
Buckner International
October 18, 2007 was an average day for Cheri Griffin until she received a phone call that would change her life forever. It was the phone call of her nightmares.
“It was the hospital,” Cheri said. “They told me Clifton had been in an automobile accident and it wasn’t good. He wasn’t expected [...]

By Analiz González Schremmer
Cory and Lori Pepiton’s children like playing make believe.
In their mind, the playground in their yard is a space ship. They pretend that they are ninjas, princesses or Power Rangers. They’ve been pretending as far back as they can remember, they just haven’t always done it together.
Before Dec. 1, 2008, Heather, 5, [...]