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Friday photo: City Credit Union donates toys, money to Buckner
City Credit Union of Dallas has donated 270 gift items, such as toys, games and books, and $500 to the Buckner Center for Humanitarian Aid to help...
Meeting my heroes: A veteran’s Pearl Harbor Day reflections
It all started at 10 a.m. Friday, Nov. 10, with my arrival to Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. I was greeted by volunteers in blue shirts for my first...
For the first time, Christmas doesn’t sink Valley family
Christmas should be a time of celebration, a period of joy, hope, love and peace. Instead, it meant debt for the Morales family. The family of six...
How to shine hope this Christmas season
The Christmas season always seems to bring out the best in all of us. It’s the time of year where we want to encourage and empower those around...
Dining staff celebrate National Cookie Day
December 4 is National Cookie Day, and to celebrate chefs at Buckner senior living communities in Texas are doing the unthinkable: sharing their most popular cookie recipes!...
Faith Focus: This beautiful mess
My family Christmases don’t look anything like those peaceful family gatherings you see on TV, with family members crowded around a table with a superficial calmness among...
Families graduate from Buckner Family Hope Center classes
Last week, 52 indviduals graduated from classes through the Buckner Family Hope Center at Bachman Lake in Dallas. Throughout the year, these indviduals have been working hard during...
Young girl finds safety, loving home through kinship care
Jeaneau Snell is the first to admit that not long ago, she had no idea how many children are in need of safe and loving homes. But...
Texas children in crucial need of permanency
Adoption is a journey filled with many emotions, both high and low for everyone involved. It certainly leads to one chapter closing and another one opening for the...
Faith Focus: In everything, give thanks
Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. – 1 Thessalonians 5:18 During the children’s time at church, the minister taught...