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Friday photo: Aramark employees revitalize Buckner Family Hope Center
On Wednesday, over 100 Aramark team members volunteered at the Buckner Family Hope Center at Wynnewood as part of their annual global day of service. All day the volunteers...
How churches can support therapeutic foster care
“But how can people call for help if they don’t know who to trust? And how can they know who to trust if they haven’t heard of...
Together, we change lives
In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, one principle has shown through again and again. At Buckner International, we truly are a family. We each bring our strengths...
“Alzheimer’s is heartbreaking, but it is not hell.”
Dorothy Horne is a Longview, Texas, author and contributing columnist and blogger for the Longview News-Journal. Her husband, Byron, lives with Alzheimer's disease and is a resident...
Caring for the most vulnerable
All children deserve a family who loves them unconditionally. Oftentimes, the children who stay in foster care the longest are those who need a home where they...
What is therapeutic foster care?
Before joining Buckner, I was a mental health professional for the local Mental Health and Mental Retardation authority in Dallas. While there, I saw firsthand the struggles children...
Faith Focus: When everything goes wrong, what’s important to you?
Many of our friends and family members in Southeast Texas still are facing uncertain futures this morning. Some of them have lost most of their worldly possessions,...
Thank you for helping victims of Hurricane Harvey
Hurricane Harvey devestated Houston and Southeast Texas, but through your prayers, generous support and encouragement, we were reminded that Buckner is a community and a family. Thank...
Noble Energy, Toney Construction repair Buckner Family Hope Center at Houston/Aldine
Hurricane Harvey could have divided people and families, each of them trying to pull themselves out of them storm by themselves. Instead, Texans are doing what they’ve...
Kimora Lee Simmons donates to Harvey relief, distributes aid at Family Hope Center
Kimora Lee Simmons donated $25,000 to the Unmentionables Help for Harvey Effort and joined The Unmentionables team and Buckner Family Hope Center staff on Sunday to distribute...