Archive for June, 2010

By Dave Atkins
As I hop out of the white van, I pretend not to see her. I’ve been here before; I know her name and she knows mine. It’s a game we play.
So I look about, calling for her, “Sharon?  Sharon?” Of course I see her. She’s standing 10 feet in front of me, grinning, [...]

Buckner foster family adopts, stays connected with birth family

By Amy Stone
DALLAS – When 2-year-old Jeremiah first arrived at the Williams’ home as a foster child, he couldn’t walk or crawl.
“He just scooted around on his bottom all around the house if you weren’t holding him,” said his mother Vanessa Williams. “For the first four months [...]

By Brittany Black
Burnet, TEXAS — By the time Cecilia Lopez was 16, she already had two sons. So going to camp was out of the question until now.
“Being here is stress free, it’s not reality,” said Lopez, now 20. “It’s nice to get away and have fun.”
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By Scott Collins
Click here to watch video from the reunion trip.
NHA TRANG, Vietnam – Thomas Ho holds his cousin’s right leg and foot in his hands as his wife, Trina sits nearby with a calculator. They are surrounded by a dozen family members from the Quang Nga Province of Vietnam who have made the day-and-a-half [...]

By Brittany Black
BEAUMONT, Texas – After 40 years, Buckner Children’s Village in Beaumont is a place where traditions are still carried out and smiles are still being made.
Buckner welcomed more than 175 former residents and their families to Buckner Homecoming June 11. The day’s activities included catching up with old friends and staff members, a [...]

By Brittany Black
ST. CHARLES, Illinois – If one shoe changed Cinderella’s life, imagine what a pair of shoes could do. The cast of Cinderella at Noble Fools Theatricals could not have come up with a more enchanting theme. 
Beth Conrad, part of the shows public relations team and mom of a cast member, thought it would [...]

Analiz G. Schremmer
SAN JOSE PINULA, Guatemala – Buckner opened a new Community Transformation Center on May 25 to serve people in one of Guatemala’s most impoverished communities — San Jose Pinula.
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