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Friday photo: Buckner Day at the Rangers

Thank you so much to everyone who came to the Texas Rangers game on Sunday for Buckner Day at the Rangers with a MercyMe post-game concert.   We loved...
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Use your skills to make a difference in a child’s life

The truth is, not everyone is called to be a foster parent, but we’re all called to help. Here’s some of the top ways you can help...
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Buckner sends 1,200 Houston children back to school with new supplies, backpacks

Last week, Buckner Houston helped send children in Southeast Houston and Aldine back to school with new backpacks, school supplies, uniforms and shoes to over 500 low-income...
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Buckner distributes 400 backpacks, shoes for students going back to school in Rio Grande Valley

Last week the Buckner Family Hope Center in Peñitas, helped Dulce Luevanos, along with hundreds of other mothers, receive free backpacks and new pairs of shoes for her...
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Faith Focus: When was the last time you received a gift?

Last week, former Texas Rangers players Elliot “Bump” Wills and George Wright joined Buckner in North Texas to send 92 children from the Dallas Housing Authority back...
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Family Pathways mother finds blessings in the storm

When Krystal Smith sneaks into her children’s room to wake them for school, she doesn’t enter on her tip toes – she dances. “We have a lot...
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How to go back to school on a budget

Children may be excited to go back to school and see their friends again, but the back-to-school shopping needed for each child to have a successful year...
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Buckner Family Hope Center at Peñitas names Diego Silva new director

Diego Silva was selected to serve as director for the Buckner Family Hope Center at Peñitas, effective Aug. 13. In his new role, Silva will oversee the daily...
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Faith Focus: Before children go back to school …

You may have noticed something different at church yesterday. The building was a little louder. The hallways were a little busier. Most of the children are back....
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Friday Photo: The Village Church provides backpacks, school supplies for Buckner families

For Transform 2018, The Village Church in Dallas, with help from Primera Iglesia Bautista, provided backpacks and school supplies to about 1,400 students, including many young people...
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