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LUFKIN: Dearest Dad: Local father celebrating Father’s Day differently this year
From The Lufkin Daily News: Jason Arnold recalls the first time he met 11-year-old Ariana. On the car ride over to meet the young girl, Arnold and...
MIDLAND: Abell-Hanger Foundation grant supports Buckner foster care program
FROM THE MIDLAND REPORTER-TELEGRAM: A matching grant from the Abell-Hanger Foundation will double donations made to Buckner Children and Family Services this year. The foundation awarded Buckner...
A heavenly gift
Carissa Wingate always had the desire for adoption. When she was in her late 20s, Carissa promised God that if she was still single at 35, she...
Beaumont couple is fostering a family home
BEAMOUNT, Texas - Molly and Courtney have been sharing the same roof - and a bunk bed - for only a month, but the girls' silver blue...
IN THE MEDIA: Celebrating National Foster Care Month
USA (MNN) — May is National Foster Care Month. Being a foster parent is a special calling. It’s a job that often requires the strength of Hercules,...
LUBBOCK: National Foster Care Month
LUBBOCK, TX -- May is National Foster Care Month. Right now in Texas, more than 30,000 children are in the foster care system; 10,000 of them are...
Buckner places record number of children into care
By John Hall DALLAS – Buckner International placed a record number of children into loving homes in 2014. (more…)
Rio Grande Children’s Home: A growing family
Former children's home resident now serves children as activities director Growing up, Rogelio Salazar understood struggle. His family was impoverished, and his mother was stretched to her...
Foster care teen looks to become first in her family to go to college
It’s easy to take for granted the role family plays in our lives, especially throughout childhood and adolescence. But Midland High School senior Vzysha Bell knows just...
Helper of the fatherless
By Lindsay Roberts “But you God, see the trouble of the afflicted; you consider their grief and take it in hand. The victims commit themselves to you;...