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Rio Grande Children’s Home
Mission, Texas

The Rio Grande Children’s Home provides a loving Christian home for children and sibling groups in an effort to keep families together. Christian house parents and a committed staff provide emotional, spiritual and educational support that encourages each child to grow their sense of self worth and to discover their special purpose in life.

Our children are very active and involved in the community. They attend public school and local churches and participate in many extracurricular activities, including the 4-H program established through the Carruth 4-H Center on campus. Our on-campus activities director provides the children with a variety of leisure and recreational activities, including sports, arts and crafts and music.

With three family-style cottages, the Rio Grande Children’s Home is available to take care of large sibling groups and small children. Through our home-like atmosphere and Christian commitment, children find the hope and healing they need – and a place to belong.

Will you do something for children?

Ways You Can Help

Give your Time: Volunteer as a tutor. Sponsor holiday or birthday parties for children. Show a child you care through monthly contact. Pray for our children and staff.

Give your Talent: Share a Bible story or activity. Teach an arts and crafts project.

Give your Resources: Donate clothing, shoes, toys and sports equipment. Or become a Voice for children through your monthly support of the Buckner Residential Care Network.

For more information, contact us at 956-585-4847.

Rio Grande Children’s Home
3780 N. Bentsen Palm Drive
Mission, Texas 78574
(956) 585-4847

Learn more about our three Buckner children’s home campuses in Texas at the links below.

Click here to find out more about our residential programs.

 







Our primary ministries:

Buckner Children and Family Services provides residential programs for at-risk children and families; mission ventures domestically and internationally designed to enhance the lives of orphans and desperate children; church collaborations, which offer the experience and expertise of Buckner; child mentorships, which pair one adult with one elementary school child; foster care programs domestically and internationally, and domestic and international adoption.

Buckner Retirement Services provides a continuum of care for older residents in five communities in Texas Austin, Beaumont, Dallas, Houston, and Longview.

Camp Buckner Retreat and Conference Center, located in the Texas Hill Country just north of Austin on more than 800 acres, provides a summer camp program for children and serves as an ideal setting for church and corporate retreats.

Buckner is a member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability.
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