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Jenny Pope
Buckner International
HOUSTON – The thermometer read 94 degrees Saturday, Aug. 21 as volunteers at South Main Baptist Church patiently linked together a chain of shoes on the black asphalt parking lot. It took more than three hours to lay the shoes side by side, but in the end they celebrated their accomplishment – more [...]

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By Brittany Black
Buckner International
HALLSVILLE, Texas — At five weeks old, Abraham Vallery had two broken femurs, 27 broken ribs, a fractured skull and bleeding in his brain. Doctors thought he was going to die. He was put into an induced coma and was fed through a feeding tube.�
Now at 27 months, Abraham, known as Abe, [...]

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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 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 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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

(DALLAS)—Buckner International, a global ministry serving orphans and vulnerable children, celebrated some of its most notable success stories Friday, April 16 at the Dallas Market Center as part of its annual Founder’s Day celebration.
This year, the organization celebrated 131 years of serving children and families.
The honorees included Aaron Hardin, who grew up attending a Buckner after-school [...]