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Long-Term Volunteer Takes on Parenting Role in Guatemala
By Diamond RichardsonBuckner InternationalGUATEMALA CITY – Looking at spit from one of her students on the floor of a newly renovated classroom, Krista Edmonds realized her volunteer...
Radio Stations Collect More Than 46,000 Pairs of Shoes
[caption id="attachment_4555" align="alignright" width="500" caption="Carmen Brown of The Joy FM goofs around with band members from MIKESCHAIR on their shoe collection day in Florida. (PHOTO/Ezekiel Merino of...
Buckner Employee Honored as Distinguished Alum
Henry Jackson, Buckner’s senior director for international operations, was named the Angelo State University Alumni Association’s 2011 Distinguished Alumnus.Jackson, who graduated ASU in 1994, came to Buckner...
Musicians Serenade Shoppers for Shoes at Grapevine Mills
GRAPEVINE, Texas – Music Starz Studio and Serenata Strings musicians are serenading shoppers with violins, violas and guitars to raise money for new shoes for orphans this...
The Meaning of ‘Mine’
It was just before the service began one Sunday night when she approached me. A very kind woman with whom we went to church wanted to express...
5 Ways You Can Bless a New Adoptive Family (and 4 discussion topics that are off-limits!)
By Lauren Hollon SturdyBuckner InternationalNovember is National Adoption Month, and we feel that everyone can celebrate – no matter whether your family is called to adopt or...
The Journey
Several years ago, I felt led to participate in a FamilyLife-sponsored mission trip to Guatemala where I visited orphanages and my heart was broken for the 100...
Buckner to help displaced children from Honduran orphanage
DALLAS, Texas – Buckner International is providing support to the children of Nueva Esperanza after a fire Nov. 19 forced the evacuation of 150 children ages birth...
Photo Slideshow: Texas Rangers Deliver Shoes, Baseball and Joy to Dominican Republic
Players from the Texas Rangers partnered with Buckner International in November 2011 to deliver new shoes to children in the Dominican Republic through Shoes for Orphan Souls.Click...
Texas Rangers, Buckner International Deliver Baseball, Shoes and Joy to Orphans
SAN PEDRO DE MACORIS, Dominican Republic – Children living at the Nuestros Pequeno Hermanos Orphanage received new shoes and baseball tips from the Texas Rangers and Buckner...