Archive for February, 2010

LONGVIEW, Texas — Defining moments, you know, those small instances in the day that seem to make everything right; that make every effort worthwhile. I experienced one of these instances just recently during our STARS After-School Program.�
In between discussing math problems, reminding the students to use encouraging words instead of negative, and keeping them focused [...]

By Analiz G. Schremmer
OAXACA, Mexico — In baggies that read, “Cobijando sus Pasos” or “Blanketing your Steps,” 247 Zapotec children in Oaxaca, Mexico received new shoes in December.
An additional 1,326 pairs were distributed to children throughout the country, said Dexton Shores, director of ministry development.
“Of the 1,326 pairs, 219 were collected in the first national [...]

By Susan Serrano
They wander amid the rubble. Lost, hungry, scared, emotionally numbed by all they have seen. It’s these images of Haiti’s children—the most fragile citizens of an already impoverished nation plummeted into full-blown crisis by January’s earthquake—that have mobilized well-meaning Americans to want to do something to help.
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DALLAS—Christa Wood, 10, was watching the news on Haiti with her babysitter when she decided she had to do something.
“It’s like I had no choice. I had to do something,” Wood said.
Wood, a fourth-grade student from Saginaw, and her babysitter, Julie Sanderson, talked over the situation and came up with the idea of Hugs for [...]

DALLAS  —  Buckner International, a global non-profit that helps orphans, vulnerable children and families, shipped more than 23,500 pounds of aid to the victims of the Haiti earthquake this morning.
The shipment, which filled an 18-wheeler truck with aid worth more than $95,000, is part of a collection of donations provided by people who have given [...]

By Analiz G. Schremmer
HOUSTON—Jimmy Johnson, who has served as administrator and interim executive director at Parkway Place, a Buckner senior living community, was named executive director effective Jan. 1.
“Jimmy is able to apply his business smarts and knowledge about the continuum of care to lead well,” said Pearl Merritt, president of Buckner Retirement Services. “He [...]