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Halliburton employees pitch in to send Buckner children back to school in style

Over 50 Halliburton employees, from the supply-chain team to the legal department, quickly and neatly stuffed 300 green and blue backpacks in a gymnasium at the corporate...
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Get to know the need for foster parents

More than 28,000 children in foster care in Texas. Yes, it’s a staggering number. But when church, state and non-profit organizations come together ready to collaborate like...
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Midland on pace for another record year in foster care and adoption

For the second consecutive year, Buckner Foster Care and Adoption is serving children in the Permian Basin at a record pace. Unprecedented numbers of families are stepping forward...
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Hearts that help

It was an unusual cold winter in Peñitas, Texas. Marcela Alanis' two sons, ages 3 and 6, needed showers, so she bundled them up in blankets, stepped...
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Artistic Freedom

The room is smaller than your closet. Three men work quietly as their hands slowly and carefully pull apart banana leaves, gently tearing each leaf longways.  The...
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Ventana by Buckner reaches construction milestone

Ventana by Buckner, a $140 million luxury high-rise community for seniors in North Dallas, marked the project’s halfway point with a topping out ceremony. The milestone included...
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Friday photo: Buckner Family Hope Center holds first VBS in West Dallas

Last week, the Buckner Family Hope Center ministered to more than 30 children at the Globe Life Training Center at the Texas Rangers MLB Youth Academy in West Dallas during Vacation Bible...
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Join us Aug. 19 for Buckner Day at the Rangers

Buckner International invites you to Buckner Day at the Rangers on Sunday, Aug. 19. The Texas Rangers will take on the Los Angeles Angels at 2:05 p.m.,...
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Midland mom finds refuge after stepping out on faith

Trapped in an unhealthy relationship, LaCheryal Royal didn’t know what to do. If she left, she didn’t know where she and her two young boys would live....
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Cummins teams with Buckner to maintain 46 cars for families in need

Forty-six Dallas-area families in need received free car service courtesy of Cummins Sales and Service and in partnership with Buckner Children and Family Services’ local programs. Thirty-one...
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