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Buckner Center for Humanitarian Aid awarded $30,000 to meet critical needs in Dallas County
DALLAS – The Buckner Center for Humanitarian Aid was recently awarded a gift from The Louis B. and Mary Ratliff Critical Needs Fund of The Dallas Foundation...
Big shoes to fill: A call to action
DALLAS – Buckner Shoes for Orphan Souls® has an urgent need for new boys’ and men’s athletic shoes in sizes Youth 1-Adult 10. Ninety-five percent of the...
IN THE MEDIA: Plattsburg Rotary donates 97 pairs of shoes
FROM THE CLINTON COUNTY LEADER: The Plattsburg Rotary Club donated 97 pairs of new shoes and 84 pairs of socks for Buckner Shoes for Orphan Souls during...
LONGVIEW: Heartisans Marketplace offers more than just store goods
LONGVIEW, Texas - Julee Rachels hesitates to talk about herself, making it difficult to determine in what way she developed her acute sense of vision — just...
DALLAS: Bride, groom make time for charity on wedding weekend
From the Dallas Morning News: Amberle Durano and Hunter Brown are getting married Sunday. In the midst of their whirlwind wedding activities, the couple took time out...
World Vision gives Buckner more than 17,000 pairs of shoes
DALLAS – World Vision donated more than 17,000 pairs of new shoes for Buckner to distribute to clients in domestic programs. Distributions of the shoes started in...
Midland: Junior League partners with Buckner Family Place for Suits with Skills program
"Most people will never know — and could hardly imagine — the fear of looking at their children and realizing the stark reality that they have nowhere...
Buckner sends 6,700 pairs of shoes to aid refugees affected by ISIS
DALLAS – Buckner International is sending more than 6,700 pairs of shoes to aid refugees in Kurdistan who have fled from the Islamic State of Iraq and...
Water reservoir provides running water for 60 homes in Peru
LLULLUCHA, Peru – Every December, members of South Main Baptist Church in Houston travel to a Peruvian village to participate in Buckner International’s Christmas in Peru event...
From shoes to family: A church shoe drive brings Russian orphans home
By Lauren Hollon Sturdy A grainy photograph from Buckner archives shows a young Russian girl sitting in a small plastic chair wearing a puffy purple coat and...