With locations in more than 17 U.S. cities and 28 countries around the globe, there are plenty of opportunities to get involved with Buckner. Below are some of the areas with the greatest need for volunteers.
Serve At-Risk Children in Your Area
Buckner International sponsors a number of after-school programs and child development centers serving vulnerable children in the state of Texas. Programs are available in Dallas, Fort Worth, Beaumont, Lufkin, Lubbock, Longview, Amarillo and Houston.
Opportunities available often include tutoring, sorting donated items and working with children in various capacities.
To learn how you can get involved in a Dallas volunteer opportunity, please email Rocio Lopez at RLopez@buckner.org. For all other volunteer opportunities, please email Aschremmer@buckner.org.
Collect Humanitarian Aid
Donations to the Buckner Center for Humanitarian Aid improve the lives of orphans, families and vulnerable children locally and around the world. You can make an individual donation. Click here to make a donation.
Here are some of the items consistently in high demand (click here to download full list):
•Shoes
•Socks
•Summer and Winter Clothes
•Underwear
•Diapers
•Wipes
•Bottles
•Toys
•Bibs
•Hooded bath towels
•Allergy medication
•Stomach medication
•Lice Treatment
•Vitamins
•Hand Sanitizer
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•Toothbrushes
•Toothpaste
•Dental Floss
•Baby Shampoo
•Baby Lotion
•Q-Tips
•Color Markers
•Crayons
•Glue
•Scissors
•Note Pads
•Erasers
•Sewing Material
•Sewing Machine
•Fabric
•Bibles |
The Center for Humanitarian Aid also receives donations of new and used furniture and home appliances. Get your friends or church involved or do it by yourself.
 Donations can be shipped to:
Buckner Center for Humanitarian Aid
5405 Shoe Drive
Mesquite, TX 75149
Go Somewhere with Buckner Missions
Every year, Buckner sends thousands of individuals and church groups on short-term mission trips to minister to orphans and at-risk children and families in the United States and 10 countries around the world.
Visit www.ItsYourMission.com to learn how you can go on your own short-term volunteer mission trip experience.
To learn about long-term mission opportunities that can last anywhere from one month to over a year, contact Jane Ann Crowson at jcrowson@buckner.org.
If you are interested in learning about Project Go, our summer program for college students and recent graduates, please contact aschremmer@buckner.org.
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