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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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New Year, new surprises

It’s the New Year and we’re just as excited as you are. The New Year always offers the hope of something different, something new, something good.  And...
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Students serve vulnerable children and families through memorandum of understanding

Buckner International and Wayland Baptist University announce the launch of a collaboration to provide volunteer and mission opportunities, humanitarian aid drives and enhanced experiential learning opportunities for...
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Visit Camp Buckner

Visiting Camp Buckner is a fun-to-do activity many children, families, student and church groups, and other organizations look forward to every year. 2020 certainly threw a wrench...
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Joy that overflows

“My lips shall shout for joy when I sing praises unto thee; And my soul, which thou hast redeemed.” –Psalms 71:23 (ASV) Christmas in a small, country...
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 Longview families receive special Christmas surprise

For the last 15 years, Morgan Stanley has blessed Longview Buckner families at Christmas with a festive party and gifts for children. This year, due to COVID-19,...
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Give shoes to a child in need

Many of us take our footwear for granted. But for vulnerable children in the United States and around the world, the gift of a pair of shoes...
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