Archive for July, 2010

Jenny Pope
Buckner International
At 16 years old, *Paola already knows what she wants out of life – her own restaurant and a successful future for her 3-year-old daughter, *Amelia.
“I want her to see that she can overcome anything, like I did,” Paola said.
From age 8 to 12, Paola lived in a nightmare. Her mother would hit [...]

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
By Brittany Black
Buckner International
DALLAS – For Jerrick Nash and Tevodrick Turner, the road to college has been filled with pot holes and detours, but the Wynnewood Community Services Center helped clear their path.
“Being at Wynnewood changed my life,” Nash said. “It gave me something positive to do and kept me out of trouble.”
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By Jenny Pope
Buckner International
DALLAS, Texas – Buckner Adoption and Maternity Services places dozens of children into loving families each year through domestic open adoption. But this year, there is one child who needs a family more than ever.
Seven-month-old Alan* was born with Spina bifida, a developmental birth defect where a child’s spinal cord protrudes through [...]

Buckner Opens New Centers in Tegucigalpa, Roatan
By Jenny Pope
Buckner International

Watch video about Buckner Honduras director 
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – Scattered along the river banks of Flor del Campo, women and children cram into tiny, corrugated tin cottages. It’s the only land they can afford to live on, at least until the river swells and they’re forced to [...]