Archive for January, 2010

Buckner and its international adoption affiliate, Dillon International, announced Wednesday that the organizations will collect funds to bring medical relief following the Tuesday earthquake that rocked Haiti, killing thousands.
Deniese Dillon, executive director of Dillon International, said donations were being sent to Dillon and Buckner to be forwarded to Gladys Thomas’s Hope Hospital, which has received [...]

By Analiz G. Schremmer
(NAIROBI, Kenya)—A group of Buckner orphans in Kenya learned about oral health during a seminar led by a group of short-term mission volunteers in December.
Ken Stilwell, a dentist and his wife, Linda Stilwell, a dental hygienist talked to the children about the importance of caring for their teeth. The Stilwells were part [...]

By Analiz G. Schremmer
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WACO, Texas — Sugar and spice and Russian adoption—twice.
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Sarah and Natalie, ages 6 and 7, became part of the Bull family in April 2009, but already their English is perfect.They giggle and tickle each other and play with dolls and Hello Kitty as much as any other little girl. And their new [...]

By Analiz G. Schremmer
AUSTIN—Dr. Lillian Brown can’t sing with her voice, so she does it with her piano.
Brown, 89, said that when she moved to Buckner Villas in Austin, she had nowhere to place her piano, so she donated it in memory of her father, Rev. E. E. Wheeless, who had served as pastor at [...]

BURNET, Texas – Young Life, a non-denominational Christian organization that seeks to share Jesus Christ with adolescents through relational ministry, will host middle school and high school students and at Camp Buckner in 2010. The kids coming to camp Buckner throughout the summer are part of WyldLife, Young Life’s ministry to middle school students, and [...]

On Saturday I saw poverty. They didn’t warn us.Â
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Saturday morning after a much needed deep sleep after a busy day of travel, we woke up and joined the rest of the group for breakfast. We then started sorting all of the supplies and bags.
We went out to lunch at a place called Rustica. Live [...]

A new decade is upon us, and there are more orphans and vulnerable children in need than ever before. Resolve to do something in 2010 to make a difference for one – or more – of the 300 million children at risk in the world.

Below are several options for the ways you can be involved [...]