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Nearing Home: After 19 years of leading Buckner, Ken Hall still goes back to family
By Scott CollinsBuckner InternationalKen Hall can barely make it through the story. His eyes grow red as tears well up inside them. His voice is choked. There...
Buckner Becomes TOMS Shoes Giving Partner, Launches Distribution in Guatemala
SAN JOSE PINULA, Guatemala — Buckner International held a TOMS Shoes distribution to children at the Buckner Community Transformation Center (CTC) here March 22. It is the...
Long Term Volunteer’s “Report from Kenya”
Jambo! These last few weeks in Kenya have been incredible! Not only have I traveled to Buckner’s western Kenya locations but I have also been on safari...
Buckner Opens Family Pathways Campus, Honors Dallas Philanthropist Annette C. Simmons
DALLAS -- Buckner International opened the Annette C. Simmons Buckner Family Pathways Campus during a 2 p.m. ceremony April 20 on the Buckner Children’s Home campus at...
Buckner CEO Kenneth Hall Retires, Albert Reyes Assumes President/CEO Title
Albert Reyes and Ken Hall shake hands in the Maris Alumni Center on the historic Buckner Children’s Campus.
Buckner Foster Care Heals Scars
Some scars never heal. They may be scars no one sees or knows about. But others are there, visible for everyone to see. When we see someone...
First Person Perspective: Delivering More than Just Shoes
When I found out Buckner was taking a mission trip to Peru, for some reason I just knew that was where I was supposed to be. I...
Mother-Daughter Trip Life-Changing, Says One 2011 Volunteer
Buckner Missions is currently seeking volunteers to travel to Honduras August 5-9 on the annual mother-daughter mission trip.Mother-daughter mission trips offer a chance to bond over shared...
Alabama Girl Trades Gifts for Shoes
By Lauren Hollon SturdyBuckner InternationalHaven Godwin is a dancer, a gymnast, a swimmer and a cyclist. She’s also a budding philanthropist who decided to forego gifts for...
Volunteers Bring Hope to the Valley through KidsHeart
By Lauren Hollon SturdyBuckner InternationalIt was a hot, dirty, sweaty and paint-splattered spring break for churches and Cooperative Baptist Fellowship volunteers in the Rio Grande Valley.This marks...