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Best Buy Provides Funding for Upgrades at Buckner FYI Center Computer Lab

BEAUMONT—Buckner Children and Family Services received a $6,000 Community Partnership Grant from Best Buy this month to purchase new hardware and software for the FYI Center computer...
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Mexico and Peru Programs Receive 30 Refurbished Apple Computers

By Chelsea QuackenbushBuckner InternationalNorth Way Christian Community Church and ComputeReach donated 30 PowerMac G4 desktop computers for Buckner’s Mexico and Peru programs. Each location received 15 refurbished...
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Chevron Phillips Charity Golf Tournament Has Record-Breaking Year at Annual Event

November 8, 2011BEAUMONT—Buckner Children and Family Services was presented with a check today representing proceeds from the 2011 Chevron Phillips Charity Golf Tournament held at Bayou Din...
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Buckner Family Place Celebrates the Opening of New Apartments

MIDLAND, Texas – Friends, supporters and residents of Buckner Family Place gathered at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1 for a ribbon cutting to celebrate the opening of...
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Wanted: Doctors, Dentists, Nurses and Nurse Practitioners!

Buckner Missions has three medical mission trips scheduled for 2012, and we need doctors, dentists, nurses and nurse practitioners with a heart for missions to volunteer and...
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Prayer Garden Project Breaks Ground

By Mercy SalinasActivities CoordinatorBuckner Rio Grande Children’s HomeOctober 15 saw children’s dreams begin to blossom at the Rio Grande Children’s Home as ground was broken on the...
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‘Sports Sturm’ Adds Another Player to His Team

Buckner Finalizes First Honduran AdoptionBy Lauren Hollon SturdyBuckner InternationalDALLAS—If you’ve ever tuned in to 1310AM The Ticket between noon and 3 in the Dallas area, you’ve probably...
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First-Annual Barefoot Run a Hit

by Lauren Hollon SturdyBuckner InternationalThe first-annual CiCi’s Pizza Barefoot Run, benefiting Shoes for Orphan Souls, was a huge success, with 315 runners participating on Saturday, Oct. 8,...
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Leaving a House to Find Her Home

By Diamond RichardsonBuckner InternationalDALLAS— For most people, it was a regular day in February, but for Leticia Marquez, a cold day in the beginning of February is...
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Buckner to Close Trew Home at Buckner Retirement Village

UPDATE: Oct. 15, 2011Buckner to Provide Assistance to Residents of Buckner Retirement VillageDALLAS – Buckner Retirement Services announced Friday that additional assistance is being provided for residents...
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