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Buckner Villas completes $29.8 million expansion and renovation project

Austin is one of the fastest growing cities in the country, and by 2040 the population of adults 65 and older is expected to comprise nearly one-fifth...
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Camp Buckner offers retreat to single parents in Buckner Family Pathways

Mothers and children in the Buckner Family Pathways programs across the state were able to spend spring break at Camp Buckner. Lisa Olgin is in the Family...
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Families celebrate Easter at the Buckner Family Hope Center at Bachman Lake

Last week, more than 900 people attended an Easter celebration on the proposed site of the new Buckner Family Hope Center at Bachman Lake in Dallas. Around...
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Faith Focus: The widow’s mite

When we talk about the needs of the vulnerable children and families served by Buckner International, we’re often met with sympathetic ears. Compassion wells up inside of...
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Spring Break festivities at the Buckner Family Hope Center at Aldine

For Spring Break, families in Aldine spent their break having fun at various events offered through the Buckner Family Hope Center at Aldine.  In partnership with Second...
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Writing on a prayer: Westminster Place resident becomes published author at 85

85-year-old Lee Rose never expected to be a published author. She never even considered herself a writer. But today the Buckner Westminster Place resident is the proud...
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Family Pathways moms and children spend Spring Break at Camp Buckner

Six families with 22 children in the Family Pathways program from Conroe and Houston traveled together on a chartered bus to the Hill Country to spent Spring Break...
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Lace up your running shoes … it’s time to Run for Life!

Looking for a fun Saturday morning activity for your whole family? Join us at this year’s Council for Life Run for Life 5K on Saturday, April 7,...
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Keys to nutrition in senior living

Stephanie Simmons serves as director of dining services at Baptist Retirement Community in San Angelo. In honor of National Nutrition Month, she’s sharing why nutrition is important...
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A home built on faith

Luis Conde and Brenda Hernandez moved to Peñitas, Texas, for one reason: to protect their children.  About five years ago, Luis and Brenda were living in Mexico....
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