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Help Your Child to Love Volunteering
Tips for getting your family started this summerBy Jenny PopeBuckner InternationalIt’s the middle of summer and your kids are getting bored. Instead of sending them off to...
How a Girl Named Maggie Changed My Life
By Louis JohnsonIt is late Friday afternoon in Guatemala City and our church's mission group is in a van headed toward the Buckner Girls Transitional Home. Later...
Shareable Wearables Clothing Drive a Success
By Vanessa MosharafBuckner International(RIO GRANDE VALLEY, Texas) — The Shareable Wearables clothing drive in the Rio Grande Valley is stronger and more successful than ever in it’s...
College graduate finds her own TRAIL
By Jenny PopeBuckner International“I was 17 when I came here,” Janette began, sitting at a table in the library at Stephen F. Austin University in Nacogdoches, Texas.“I...
Alzheimer’s Screening Sheds New Light on Memory Loss
By Vanessa MosharafBuckner International(DALLAS, Texas) — Buckner Retirement Village hosted a free Alzheimer’s and dementia screening and information session Thursday, June 19 for Dallas/Fort Worth residents looking...
Cancer Victim Finds Angels at Vickery
By Analiz GonzálezBuckner International(DALLAS, Texas) — Eric Virrueta leaned down and stroked his mother’s head to wake her, but as his little hand went through her hair,...
San Antonio Baseball League Hits a Home Run with Kids
By Analiz GonzálezBuckner International(SAN ANTONIO, Texas) — South San Filadelfia Baptist Church and Buckner International held its first-ever opening ceremony for the South San Filadelfia baseball league...
Interns Take Off to Change the World
By Jenny PopeBuckner InternationalThey’ve studied the language. They’ve packed their bags. And now they’ve taken off.Twenty-one college students and young adults flew across the world May 30...
Live Chat Offers Quick Counseling for Women in Crisis
By Vanessa MosharafBuckner InternationalMothers experiencing crisis pregnancy can now chat with a counselor online through Live Chat on Buckner Adoption’s Web site www.beafamily.org.“The purpose of Live Chat...
Children’s Home Opens in Mexico City
By Brenda Hernández and Analiz González(MEXICO CITY, Mexico) — A new children’s home called La Familia opened in Mexico City on May 18 to care for nine...