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$90k scholarship only the beginning for Buckner aftercare alum
Recent Lubbock high school graduate and Buckner Aftercare alum Tenneil Wallace has a lot to smile about. Tenneil is a recent recipient of the Family Fellowship scholarship...
Friday photo: Coming home
"When we got home, they were so happy. We had bumps along the way, but it just felt right. Our kids were home. We needed them with...
Vacation Bible School breaks down walls with messages of hope
Walking into the activities room on the Buckner Children’s Campus, it is impossible not to feel the air of excitement. Across from a homemade mural of drawings,...
Praying Hannah’s prayer for Samuel
"For this child I prayed, and the Lord has granted me my petition which I asked of Him." -1 Samuel 1:27 In January 2014, I began praying...
Volunteer: Serve children in foster care so parents can continue caring for them
In order to be a foster parent, adults must participate in regular training sessions where they learn how to best care for the children who have been placed in their...
How to become a foster parent: What you need to know (part 2)
Part one of this series on how to become a foster parent covers the big picture—what is CPS, what is foster care, what you will need to...
A broken system, a glimmer of hope
Child placing agency case managers are in this unusual position where they work hard to be supportive of children and families, but don’t have much decision-making power...
Foster care is in our DNA
Some traits are embedded so deeply into us as individuals and as a society that our actions and reactions are nearly unavoidable. We just can’t help ourselves....
What can I do?
EDITOR'S NOTE: The Texas foster care system has been in headlines all over the state. There has been a shortage of foster families and an increase in the...
‘I opened my door’: South Texas foster mother heeds God’s call to care for modern-day orphans
I love that God gave us the stories of people, real people, in his word to look back at. I love that we get to see their...