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Buckner Foster Care and Adoption in the Rio Grande Valley celebrates first adoption

Buckner Foster Care and Adoption is celebrating National Adoption Month in a way they never have before – in the very first adoption through Buckner in the...
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Phelps named executive director of Parkway Place

Buckner Retirement Services named Susan Phelps as executive director of Parkway Place. Phelps began her tenure with Buckner Retirement in 2003, serving first with Calder Woods in...
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Faith Focus: ‘I was spiritually changed by it all’

Scott and Erin (on right above, pictured with Buckner staff member Melissa Martin) are foster parents through Buckner International who have a 12-year-old biological daughter and a...
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Friday photo: It’s National Adoption Month

Scott and Erin Fowler are foster parents through Buckner International who have a 12-year-old biological daughter and a 15-month-old son who was adopted through foster care. On National...
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Adopt-A-Staff Program

We ended our summer just 3 months ago, and I want to take the time to thank everyone whom had participated in our first ever Adopt-A-Staff program. I thank everyone who took...
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Houston teen chooses Parkway Place for Eagle Scout project

In the quiet northwest corner of Parkway Place, a Houston senior living community, you’ll find a new prayer garden adorned with fresh flowers, a blue wooden cross...
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Thankful to be ‘not enough’

From the very beginning of their relationship, Ben and Tory Setliff shared a dream of adopting children. Then, years later, when the timing finally seemed right, they...
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What do you want to be when you grow up?

Leaders always say dress for the job you want to have. So this Halloween, children served by Buckner International are dressed for success. Buckner designs each of...
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Faith Focus: What do we take for granted?

Recently, the Woman’s Missionary Union of Texas mobile laundry unit served the families involved with the Buckner Family Hope Center at Bachman Lake in Dallas. The Suds...
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Friday photo: Suds of love

Last week, the Woman’s Missionary Union of Texas mobile laundry unit served the families involved with the Buckner Family Hope Center at Bachman Lake in Dallas. “We...
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