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Faith Focus: What’s your story?
Last week, representatives from Subway stores across East Texas presented a check for more than $8,000 to Buckner Shoes for Orphan Souls® to shine hope into the...
By the numbers: Poverty in Dallas
Buckner International has served the vulnerable in Dallas since 1879. Through our Buckner Family Hope Center in Wynnewood, Buckner Family Pathways and foster care efforts with vulnerable...
Faith Focus: Faith is taking the first step
The young lady pictured above is Kalista, an energetic, imaginative, funny and joyous kindergartener I had the pleasure of meeting last week. She’s excited about everything, particularly...
Friday photo: New beginnings
All the apartments at Buckner Family Pathways in Longview are now occupied as nine single-parent families moved in this week, joining the seven families who moved in...
Determined, driven and dedicated: Lufkin single mom overcomes obstacles to succeed
Tiffany Pangarakis was determined. No one ever doubted that. Smart and hard-working, she could succeed at anything she put her mind to. Nothing was going to stop...
Faith Focus: Rejoice in new beginnings
During the weekend, several more families moved into the Buckner Family Pathways in Longview, Texas. Today and tomorrow, three more will move in. In the matter of...
The crushing psychological weight of poverty and the need for hope
A few months ago, I met a family Buckner serves in Peñitas, Texas in the Rio Grande Valley. The six of them slept in a run down...
Make 2017 count: How you can help vulnerable children and families this year
Everyone wants his or her life to matter. We want our actions to impact others positively and leave a lasting legacy. The start of a new year...
Faith Focus: ‘I will be with you’ in 2017
With the turning of the calendar, we often find ourselves turning introspective. We assess where we are and where we'd like to be. Statistics say 45 percent...
Art Weiner carries on legacy of caring through Buckner Children’s Village
Her picture is the first thing Art Weiner sees when he wakes up each morning and the last thing he sees before nodding off to bed at...