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Buckner, First Lady Dedicate New Dormitories at Guatemalan Girls’ Orphanage
By Jenny PopeBuckner International(ANTIGUA, Guatemala) — Guatemalan First Lady Wendy de Berger and other government officials gathered with staff from Buckner International Nov. 30 to celebrate the...
Ministry starts in the Sewing Room
By Carla A. RobertsonBuckner Volunteer Missionary to Kenya On our first day at the Baptist Children’s Center and at the Technical Education Center, we discovered that the...
Buckner to Aid Flood Victims in Honduras
By Analiz GonzálezBuckner International(DALLAS, Texas) — Buckner International will ship $7,000 worth of shoes, socks, clothes, blankets and food to families affected by the severe flooding and...
Shoes Get Souls in the Door
By Jenny Pope and Analiz GonzálezBuckner International(DALLAS, Texas) — Shoes for Orphan Souls is usually the first to tread on new soil for Buckner ministries. And whether...
Needs Are Up, Aid Donations Down
By Analiz GonzálezBuckner InternationalThe masses are cramming into public buses, the house next door is foreclosing and the cost of food keeps going up. Most of us...
Buckner Retirement Staff Step Up to Serve
Hurricane Ike raged up the Texas Gulf Coast, but Buckner Retirement Services staff kept their cool when forced to evacuate one community and brace for destruction at...
Serving through the Storm
By Analiz González Buckner InternationalIt’s one thing to help when you are doing well. It’s completely different when you help others while you need help yourself.When Hurricane...
On Being Willing
By Jarred SchremmerImpact, transform, bless, inspire. I was prepared to live out those words when I first walked into the Buckner-run Vickery Wellness Center three years ago....
Sole-d Out Concert Brings More than 3,240 Shoes
By Analiz González Buckner International(DALLAS, Texas) — More than 3,240 shoes were collected in Buckner International’s second annual Sole-d Out Concert on Sept. 27 in the Buckner...
Buckner Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
By Analiz GonzálezBuckner International(DALLAS, Texas) — Sombreros and maracas decorated the tables on Sept. 16 at the Buckner Vickery Wellness Center in Central Dallas. Mariachi music blared...