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Friday photo: Bubbles for everyone!
Everyone loves bubbles! Last weekend, Buckner foster families and families served through Buckner Family Pathways in Midland, Texas, gathered for a back-to-school event at Crestview Baptist Church....
The soapy hands and feet of Jesus
Jesus told his disciples to wash one another’s feet…not one another’s cars. Staff at Buckner Westminster Place, however, have different plans. Each year, leadership at the Longview...
Teen entrepreneurs honored, share successes at luncheon
Teen entrepreneurs presented the outcomes of the businesses they developed and implemented this summer at a luncheon Aug. 8 at the Houston Hilton North Hotel. The group...
Houston community selects Family Hope Center at Aldine as a Halliburton Hometown Hero
The Buckner Family Hope Center at Aldine was recently honored as a 2017 Halliburton Hometown Hero. Through the Halliburton Hometown Hero Program, members of the greater Houston...
Buckner provides children in Aldine, Conroe with school supplies
The Buckner Family Hope Center at Houston/Aldine and the Buckner Foster Care and Adoption and Family Pathways programs in Conroe recently provided children in their respective communities...
Let’s go back to school
Going back to school can be an anxious time for students. They’re faced with new teachers, new schedules and maybe even new friends. Buckner Children and Family...
One in a million
Last year, Buckner gift officer Rhandi Bobo volunteered three times at the Buckner Center for Humanitarian Aid in Dallas to sort, prepare and pack shoes collected through...
Churches partner with Buckner International to change the world
Since the very beginning of Buckner International, churches have played a huge role by partnering with us to serve vulnerable children and to strengthen families. Today, hundreds...
Faith Focus: ‘Twas the night before school begins
Shannon* first met Tim* during the second semester of first grade. It was the first time Tim had ever gone to school, and Shannon was trying to...
Strengthening Guatemalans one bright shoelace at a time
What comes to mind when you think of Guatemala? Rainforests, ancient Mayan ruins and volcanoes? Nestled within Guatemala’s majestic beauty lies extreme poverty and disintegration of families....