Buckner International is a faith-based nonprofit ministry dedicated to following the example of Jesus by serving vulnerable children, families and seniors in the United States and internationally.
Buckner Foster Care and Adoption provides safe and loving homes for vulnerable children who need them — for a season or a lifetime.
Buckner Family Pathways® is designed to transform generations though supporting single parents and reducing barriers to self-sufficiency such as lack of education and life skills.
Buckner Family Hope Centers® seek to keep families together by providing them with critical services, aid, and coaching to keep them strong and decrease the likelihood of abuse, neglect, and removal of children.
Buckner Retirement Services is dedicated to Inspiring happiness® for senior adults and their families by promoting an active, healthy Christian lifestyle while maintaining their independence and dignity.
There are many ways to get involved with Buckner as an individual, church, group, volunteer, and more.
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Find ways to serve children, families, and seniors through Buckner ministries.
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In Texas, 31,000 children will go to bed in a foster home tonight. Children with hopes and dreams. Children who want to be loved. Children who want friends. Children who want a family.
Just like you.
Will you step forward to care for children in their time of need? Start the journey toward fostering children by clicking here.
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