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National Adoption Month: Meet the Palmers
After living in foster care for many years, siblings Toby (18), Caylin (15), Codi (13), and Shane (12), who were adopted through the Waiting Texas Children program,...
6 ways to support foster and adoptive families in your church or community
“We want to serve children in need here in our community, especially kids who don’t have homes, but we just don’t feel ready to adopt.” Maybe you’ve...
National Adoption Month: Meet the Calverts
After experiencing multiple miscarriages, the Calverts knew God still had children on their hearts. Through adoption, the Calvert family was made complete. “It’s a blessing. It's a...
Adopted sisters stay connected to birth country
Stephanie Merchant, known by many loyal followers as The Nutrition Mom, is passionate about a lot of things: healthy living, nutrition and work-life balance, to name a...
Faith Focus: A prayer for families
During National Adoption Month, it’s only appropriate to pray for families. Every week through Buckner foster care and adoption, children experience the love of family for the...
National Adoption Month: Meet the Wingates
“I like to be adopted because she loves me, and it feels like I have a whole new world.” –Heavenly Joy Wingate, 6 Carissa Wingate knew she...
IN THE MEDIA: ET Football: Special day in many ways for New Diana’s Palmer
In honor of National Adoption Month, the Longview News-Journal featured a story on Buckner adoptee Toby Palmer, also a senior captain of New Diana's varsity football team....
Three things I wish I knew about foster care and adoption
Foster care and adoption advocate and author Pam Parish, who is the mother of seven young adult women and has navigated the road to adoption six times,...
National Adoption Month: Celebrate with Buckner
November is National Adoption Month, 30 days dedicated to creating awareness about adoption. With more than 6,500 adolescents in Texas legally available for adoption, we pray that...
‘Just like you’: East Texas teen tells story of adoption
If you ever wonder what it’s like to be an adopted kid, don’t wonder too hard. We aren’t much different than you. We have our extreme highs...