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Buckner in Sierra Leone Helps Families Achieve Self-Sufficiency
By Lauren Hollon SturdyBuckner InternationalHalf of the population of Sierra Leone lives on less than $1 a day. In this country, people do what they can to...
50% off Registration for the Hope for Orphans Institute Conference
Hope for Orphans Institute is hosting a conference Sept. 16 and 17 at the Hope Center in Plano, Texas, on special needs and at-risk adoptions, adoption disruption...
Paying it Forward
By Lauren Hollon SturdyBuckner InternationalBEAUMONT— When staff at Buckner Children’s Village decided an update to their emergency shelter’s furniture was long-overdue, members of the Beaumont community wasted...
Beaumont Foundation Provides the Essentials for Foster Children
By Diamond RichardsonBuckner InternationalBEAUMONT, Texas – Beaumont Foundation gave $132,000 to provide clothes for Buckner foster children in 2011. This donation brings the foundation’s total gifts to...
Join Buckner at the Texas Rangers Game Sept. 24
Monday, Sept. 19, is your LAST CHANCE to buy tickets in the Buckner block for the Sept. 24 Texas Rangers game! DALLAS – Buckner International will be...
Buckner Mexico Seeing Green
By Lauren Hollon SturdyBuckner InternationalMEXICO — The Pan de Vida foster group home in Mexico City recently harvested more than 1,000 pounds of tomatoes, but they’re not...
Adoptive Family Blossoms in the Desert
By Lauren Hollon SturdyBuckner InternationalIn Amherst, Texas, nearly 50 miles northwest of Lubbock, the summer is scorching hot. There hasn’t been any rain for weeks, and the...
Family of 70 Keeps Growing
By Jenny PopeBuckner InternationalHishia and Rickey Conner have parented more than 70 children in the past five years at Buckner Children’s Home in Lubbock, Texas.“Some reunite with...
‘Step Forward for Orphans March’ to Advocate for a Child’s Right to a Permanent Family
Child welfare leaders and advocates will unite 2 p.m. Aug. 26 on Capitol Hill to speak for children in need of families throughout the world at the...
Family Pathways Helps Single Mother Find Strength
By Diamond RichardsonBuckner InternationalDALLAS – Keidra Perry knows that nothing in life is promised.Years before Perry arrived at Buckner Family Pathways, she had the life she always...