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Faith Focus: Freeze frame

Last week, Buckner leaders honored the first graduating classes of the Buckner Family Hope Center at Bachman Lake in Dallas. The ceremony is the culmination of weeks...
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Let’s kick the summer off right!

The Buckner Family Hope Center at Wynnewood in Dallas recently brought the community together to kick off the season with the Summer Fam Fest and Health Fair....
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Faith Focus: Cel-e-brate good times, come on!

The first full week of June is upon us. That means graduations and graduation parties. It’s no different here at Buckner, where parents and families are celebrating...
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Buckner Lufkin volunteer instills joy of reading in children

Every day is fun at the Buckner Mary Jo Gorden Child Development Center. Smiles and laughter fill classrooms each day as children play with each other and...
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From grief to graduation: First Buckner Family Pathways mom in Longview earns college degree

Stephanie Fletcher’s best friend was her grandmother. She could tell the family matriarch anything and receive wise counsel. Her grandmother was always there for her. That’s why...
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Ware Elementary students respond to clothing need at Longview Buckner Family Hope Center

Leaders change the world. For the Ambassadors leadership team at Ware Elementary School in Longview, Texas, that begins with making life better for those in their own...
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Beaumont Buckner Shoes for Orphan Souls® drive sets local record

A record number of vulnerable children will have hope and help as a result of the 88.1 KLBT Community Shoe Drive that collected nearly 2,900 pairs of...
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Faith Focus: What if we worked together?

Elephants realize how how important and difficult it is to raise their offspring. That's why they travel together in herds, working as a team to protect and...
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Faith Focus: Small great things

More than 400,000 children live in foster homes in the United States, including over 31,000 Texas children. Many of these children have been removed from their homes...
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Faith Focus: Three lessons from Mary on motherhood

Jesus’ mother, Mary, may be the most famous mom in the world. She’s the subject of countless pieces of art, books and theological conversations.  It’s only natural...
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