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Update: Angels Fly Home
August 3, 2009
By Analiz G. SchremmerBefore coming to stay with host families in Dallas, some of the Russian orphans in the Angels from Abroad program had no idea what...
A Safe Place to Grow
July 31, 2009
By Analiz G. Schremmerand Ryan BrownShe asked for a set of windows and got a new house, instead.“Gloria Fuentes came to me asking for windows for her...
Support the Families for Orphans Act
July 28, 2009
The Joint Council for International Children’s Services (JCICS) is promoting a nationwide call to action for support of the Families for Orphans Act June 28 - 30.The...
Update: Ministry Continues in Honduras Despite Conflict
July 17, 2009
(HONDURAS) -- Recent rumors in San Pedro Sula, Honduras purported that the city “shut down,” but Buckner Director of Missions George McCain confirms the reports are untrue.“A...
China Trip Rerouted to Vietnam
July 10, 2009
By Analiz G. SchremmerMission trip participants scheduled to travel to China on Aug. 30- Sept. 9 will instead fly to Vietnam or receive a refund.The missionaries signed...
Antle Named TAHSA Administrator of the Year
July 3, 2009
By Analiz G. SchremmerBuckner International(AUSTIN, Texas) — The Texas Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (TAHSA) named Doyle Antle, Buckner Villas Administrator in Austin, administrator...
Bringing Change to South Oak Cliff
July 1, 2009
By Ryan BrownBuckner International(DALLAS, Texas) – High crime rates, low school retention rates and low employment rates are a part of life in South Oak Cliff and...
Texas Community Cooks Things Up for Orphans
June 30, 2009
(SEGUIN, TEXAS) – Full appetites and a year’s worth of bragging rights were on the line at the third annual Taste of Seguin fundraiser June 17 at...
Change 10
June 30, 2009
By Jenny PopeAbout 100 kilometers east of Addis Ababa is the city of Nazaret, the third largest city in Ethiopia. More than 1 million citizens live here,...
Dallas Foundation’s $25,000 Gift Goes the Distance for Families in Crisis
June 30, 2009
By Emily UnderwoodBuckner International (DALLAS, Texas) – If a penny goes a long way, then The Dallas Foundation’s $25,000 gift to Buckner’s Crisis Relief Center goes the...