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Measuring Up

As a child, my favorite task to do in the kitchen was to measure ingredients. I would carefully open the lowest drawer in the kitchen and find...
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$20,000 grant aids Buckner relief efforts in Dallas

In February, temperatures in Texas dropped significantly due to Winter Storm Uri, causing millions to face life with no electricity, water or supplies. Weeks after the storm,...
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Virtual home build celebrates 10 years of ministry in Rio Grande Valley

For the past nine years, teams from the Woman’s Missionary Union of Texas (WMU) have traveled to the Rio Grande Valley to build a home for a...
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Hope after Winter Storm Uri

During the week of Feb. 15, temperatures in Texas dropped significantly due to Winter Storm Uri, causing millions to face life with no electricity, water or supplies....
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Houston churches help senior living community during harsh winter storm

With historic low temperatures sweeping throughout the state of Texas, many cities have struggled with power outages and water shortages. Two churches in Houston wanted to ensure the...
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Texas foster children will receive new clothing from Beaumont Foundation donation

The Beaumont Foundation of America gifted $54,150 to Buckner Children and Family Services, half of its pledged $108,300 donation for the year. The donation will be used to...
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Send Valentine Cards to senior adults

Valentine’s Day is approaching and you can help bring love and joy to residents who live in Buckner senior living communities with a special Valentine Card. Senior...
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2020: It was the best of times and it was the worst of times

"It was the best of times. It was the worst of times." I remember hearing those words from Charles Dickens when I was in school. It sounded...
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A promised land

Martin Luther King, Jr. would have turned 92 Friday, January 15 had his magnificent life not been cut short by an assassin’s bullet. And while the events...
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Available now: The new Buckner app

The New Year always offers the hope of something different, something new, something good.  And we have a surprise for you.  We recently launched a new app...
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