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25th annual School Supply Train preps Longview children for school
The Junior League of Longview’s School Supply Train chugged along Saturday for its 25th year, providing supplies, uniform shirts and shoes for 2,000 children. Hundreds of parents...
Halliburton employees pitch in to send Buckner children back to school in style
Over 50 Halliburton employees, from the supply-chain team to the legal department, quickly and neatly stuffed 300 green and blue backpacks in a gymnasium at the corporate...
Faith Focus: Why won’t my son listen to me?
This morning, my 2-year-old son needed to be changed. He knew it. I knew it. Pretty much everyone who walked near him knew it. We walked into...
Get to know the need for foster parents
More than 28,000 children in foster care in Texas. Yes, it’s a staggering number. But when church, state and non-profit organizations come together ready to collaborate like...
Midland on pace for another record year in foster care and adoption
For the second consecutive year, Buckner Foster Care and Adoption is serving children in the Permian Basin at a record pace. Unprecedented numbers of families are stepping forward...
Faith Focus: The bench
A long wooden bench sits just outside the training room of the Buckner International offices. Though it’s been well maintained, it’s clearly been well used. As many...
Hearts that help
It was an unusual cold winter in Peñitas, Texas. Marcela Alanis' two sons, ages 3 and 6, needed showers, so she bundled them up in blankets, stepped...
Artistic Freedom
The room is smaller than your closet. Three men work quietly as their hands slowly and carefully pull apart banana leaves, gently tearing each leaf longways. The...
Ventana by Buckner reaches construction milestone
Ventana by Buckner, a $140 million luxury high-rise community for seniors in North Dallas, marked the project’s halfway point with a topping out ceremony. The milestone included...
Faith Focus: A lamp for our feet
Trapped in an unhealthy relationship, LaCheryal Royal didn't know what to do. If she left, she didn't know where she and her two young boys would live....