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Teens strive for success with help from Buckner Houston
One of the cornerstone programs at the Buckner Family Hope Center Houston/Aldine in Houston is the Teen Enrichment Academy. High schoolers take life skills and job readiness...
Faith Focus: How do we express gratitude?
Residents at Buckner Westminster Place, a continuing care senior living community in Longview, Texas, recently penned and sent letters to military personnel. They wanted service men and...
Faith Focus: Small steps of faith can have the biggest impact
The ministry of Buckner International touches hundreds of thousands of lives a year. It protects children. It strengthens families. It serves seniors. Buckner shines hope into the...
Friday photo: Teamwork
Considering applying to serve with Project Go this summer? One of our past participants shares why you should go: "APPLY TO BUCKNER'S PROJECT GO PROGRAM! Teamwork was...
IN THE MEDIA: Lufkin girls caught wearing makeup use fame to give back
Have you seen this adorable video of two Lufkin 7-year-olds who were caught using their mom's makeup? The video went semi-viral and now the duo is using...
Buckner Family Pathways helps area moms, receives grant
LUBBOCK, Texas — The Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation awarded a $15,000 Texas Fund Grant to My Father’s House, a Buckner Family Pathways program in Lubbock, Texas,...
Faith Focus: What compels you?
When asked about her work for orphans and children in poverty, the normally upbeat Rose Wasike pauses as tears fill her eyes. “My parents were very poor,”...
Friday photo: Shoes and smiles
Children in Chiapas, Mexico, were all smiles this summer after receiving a brand new pair of shoes through a local Shoes for Orphan Souls distribution.
8 ways to get involved with Buckner in 2016
1. Host a shoe drive. Encourage your church, school, business or organization to collect shoes by signing up to host a shoe drive. Your shoe drive can...
‘My greatest burden’ | Buckner Kenya’s Rose Wasike lives out mission to help impoverished children
Story and photography by Chelsea White When asked about her work for orphans and children in poverty, the normally upbeat Rose Wasike pauses as tears fill her...