BEAUMONT, Texas — Sixteen foster children from Buckner Children’s Village ran through a crowd of volunteers May 13 yelling, “Move that Van” – Extreme Home Makeover, style.
They were returning to their home at Buckner Children’s Village after Keller Williams Realtors and community partners spent the day renovating the emergency shelter with the help of many community [...]
May 19, 2010
Filed in Featured, U.S. Ministry
For 131 years, Buckner has cared for many of the least fortunate boys and girls in our society. Many of these children have endured appalling suffering: physical and mental abuse, neglect, and even abandonment. Instead of experiencing the joys of childhood, they were forced to grow up quickly.
May is National Foster Care Month. At Buckner, [...]
By Susan Serrano
Families will have an opportunity to celebrate Thanksgiving in a unique way this year by giving thanks for their blessings from God and sharing those gifts with others on Dillon International’s Sharing Heart Mission Trip, slated for November 20-27.
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Twenty-five years ago I was adopted by my parents. Little did I know that from that moment on the Lord was molding and teaching me for my first ‘real’ job. I use the term job very loosely because it really has become my heart and life mission helping at-risk children and orphans who aren’t as [...]
DALLAS – Patrick L. “Pat” Crump, president of Baptist Memorials Ministries, has been named vice president of operations for Dallas-based Buckner Retirement Services. The move is part of an ongoing integration of the work and operations of the two retirement services ministries, which affiliated Jan. 1.
Buckner International President Albert L. Reyes said that as Buckner [...]
Analiz G. Schremmer
(DALLAS)—For the ninth year in a row, the Missouri Rotary District 6040 has come through for Buckner, bringing a donation of more than 20,000 pairs of shoes—right when needed most.
“Right now our shelves are empty from having sent out 50,000 pairs of shoes to Haiti and many other countries,” said Rachel Garton, director [...]
May 11, 2010
Filed in Featured
By Sean Gaffney
The McAllen Monitor
PEÑITAS — Rolando Rosales and his six children plan to tend to his wife’s grave Sunday. As they do, he will carry the answer to her prayers: keys to the family’s new home.
Cancer killed Martha Rosales two years ago, but on Tuesday her final plea was answered when her husband unlocked [...]
