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Celebrate Orphan Sunday Nov. 4 with a shoe drive!
Orphan Sunday is coming soon and we’d love for you and your church to celebrate with us by hosting a shoe drive through Shoes for Orphan Souls®,...
Texas and Tennessee shoe drives net more than 50,000 pairs of shoes
August and September marked the end of two of the largest shoe drives of the year – the Houston community drive, and the WMBW and WFCM radio...
Entergy Charitable Foundation Provides Support for Buckner Youth Aging out of Foster Care
BEAUMONT – Entergy Charitable Foundation gave $2,000 to Buckner Children and Family Services in Beaumont to provide support for youth aging out of the foster care system...
Abigail’s Smile
Meet Abigail. She first came to Buckner through Bible classes and Vacation Bible School at the Buckner Community Transformation Center in Jocotenango, a small community nestled in...
Presidential Perspective: Back to School
By Albert L. Reyes President and CEO, Buckner International It’s back-to-school time again. You can almost hear the groans of all the kids as they see the...
Missions: Buckner’s caring hand to ‘the least and lost’
By Chelsea Quackenbush You plan for months. You hold fundraisers and sell all your stuff. You go to meetings to talk about cultural awareness, new customs and...
First Person Perspective: Sowing Seeds
By Emily Candee When I decided to go on a short-term mission trip, I was ready to conquer the world. With great intentions and high ambitions, I...
“It’s not the shoes – it’s the love” – Volunteer spreads the Shoes for Orphan Souls message
By Lauren Hollon Sturdy When Carlene James gets an idea in her head, she does something about it. So nearly three years ago when she heard a...
Foster Families Beat the Heat at Camp Buckner
Foster and foster-to-adopt families spent their evenings at Camp Buckner relaxing, playing, enjoying snow cones and watching a ‘dive-in’ movie at the camp pool.Buckner foster and foster-to-adopt...
“I See God Daily”
By Chelsea Quackenbush Buckner International As the director of client assistance for the Buckner Center for Humanitarian Aid, Jackie Belt has an endless file of those crazy,...