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MIDLAND, Texas – Friends, supporters and residents of Buckner Family Place gathered at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1 for a ribbon cutting to celebrate the opening of six new apartments, located at 425 West Pecan.
The new apartment buildings will bring the total number of units to 16, meaning more lives will be transformed in Midland, [...]

By Mercy Salinas
Activities Coordinator
Buckner Rio Grande Children’s Home

October 15 saw children’s dreams begin to blossom at the Rio Grande Children’s Home as ground was broken on the Children’s Prayer Garden. It was a beautiful morning as the residents, staff and volunteers gathered at the site for a day of work and celebration.
Jerry Maples beamed as [...]

By Diamond Richardson
Buckner International
DALLAS— For most people, it was a regular day in February, but for Leticia Marquez, a cold day in the beginning of February is the day she will forever remember as the day that changed her life.
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By Lauren Hollon
Buckner International
TYLER, Texas — Students at Niños de Promesa are looking at a promising future.
Like many preschools, they spend time listening to stories, playing with blocks and toys, painting, cutting, coloring and playing pretend, but the focus at Niños de Promesa is to prepare students to speak and understand English when they start [...]

The supply of new shoes for orphans has been low since spring, forcing Buckner to delay shipments to children in need. We need your help to refill the shoe bins.
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By Lauren Hollon Sturdy
Buckner International
BEAUMONT— When staff at Buckner Children’s Village decided an update to their emergency shelter’s furniture was long-overdue, members of the Beaumont community wasted no time in helping Buckner achieve its goal.
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By Diamond Richardson
Buckner International

BEAUMONT, Texas – Beaumont Foundation gave $132,000 to provide clothes for Buckner foster children in 2011. This donation brings the foundation’s total gifts to Buckner to $585,000 over the past six years.
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By Diamond Richardson
Buckner International

DALLAS – Keidra Perry knows that nothing in life is promised.
Years before Perry arrived at Buckner Family Pathways, she had the life she always wanted. She had a good job. She and her family lived in a nice house with two new cars parked in the driveway.
“I wasn’t humble enough,” Perry said. [...]

By Lauren Hollon Sturdy
Buckner International
MIDLAND, Texas – Ida Torres and her two children lived in fear. Neikedra Butler and her three kids never knew if they were spending the night in a hotel room or a car. Neither family was really living. They were surviving. Just barely getting by.
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By Diamond Richardson
Buckner International
LONGVIEW, Texas— Children in Longview had the opportunity to interact with police officers in a positive way during Buckner’s Summer Food Service Program at Belaire Manor Apartments Friday, July 15, where the Longview Police Department volunteered.
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