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Buckner shoes offer respite for weary immigrant children
McALLEN, Texas – Daniela Cruz* is bone-tired. After a harrowing month on the road from her home in El Salvador, she crossed the Rio Grande River this...
Featured volunteer opportunities — Find your place to serve
Have you been looking for a place to give back, but haven't found the right fit? Buckner International has a wide variety of open volunteer opportunities listed...
Buckner responds to unaccompanied children crisis
In recent days, Buckner International has been in communication with the faith community, government and non-government leaders in Texas to assess the needs and plan a response...
Food donations create summer serendipity
“Burgers up!” rang the joyful cry at the Buckner Center for Humanitarian Aid when In-N-Out Burger restaurants unexpectedly donated a surplus of hamburger buns and lettuce heads...
The formula for family
“Family isn’t biology – it’s chemistry,” says Shelley Neimer. If that’s true, the Neimers, Rattans and Rushings have the formula down. Their tight-knit relationship is almost 15...
Dallas foster parents live out their ‘untraditional love story’
By Lauri Ann HansonFor college sweethearts Calvin and Melanie Bailey, it was love at first sight. And still is.“She was drop-dead gorgeous, so friendly, and she just...
Dominican Republic continues movement toward foster care
SANTO DOMINGO, Domincan Republic – The Dominican Republic took another public step toward starting a national foster care program as Claudia Leon, executive director of Buckner Peru,...
A badge of honor
It was his fifth mission as a bomber pilot during the Second World War and pilot Birt Brumby, then 23, was leading the second crew of the...
Sen. Cornyn visits Family Hope Center
U.S. Senator John Cornyn of Texas visited the Buckner Family Hope Center in Penitas, Texas, in June, seeing firsthand the impact the ministry has on vulnerable families...
Going for the goal: Former foster youth on track for a bright future
By Lauren Hollon SturdyChristian Camacho likes life to be orderly. A clean-cut finance major at Texas Tech University, he dresses neatly, typically sporting a polo shirt, khaki...