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Buckner Family Hope Center students pitch in for shoe drive
A group of students involved in the Buckner Family Hope Center at Aldine in Houston recently helped vulnerable children through the Buckner Shoes for Orphan Souls® drive...
Buckner Shoes for Orphan Souls®: An easy way for churches to change lives
It didn’t take long to convince me that the gift of a pair of shoes through Buckner Shoes for Orphan Souls® is the first step in a...
New shoes matter
“We give much needed shoes and we give them to children,” explains Rachel Wallis, director of Buckner Shoes for Orphan Souls. Though this program seems simple and concise,...
Faith Focus: Home
If you’ve ever taken a trip for a significant period of time, you know how good it feels to come home. The bed feels perfect. Everything is...
Resident feature: Children’s author Ida Luttrell
If you want to get to know Ida Harbison Luttrell, you have to learn to say her last name correctly. “It is LU trell, not lu TRELL,”...
Friday photo: Volunteering at Shoes for Orphan Souls®
Dwayne Weeks has been an active volunteer with Buckner Shoes for Orphan Souls® for a year. “Volunteering is my priority every Tuesday and Wednesday of every week,”...
Seniors fill backpacks with school supplies for foster children
Backpacks weren’t popular when residents of Buckner Westminster Place attended grade school as many as 70 years ago. Nevertheless, residents of the Longview senior living community gathered...
Buckner executive director of North Texas elected BUA president
Abraham Jaquez — Buckner executive director of North Texas ministries, was named the next president and chief executive officer of Baptist University of the Américas. Jaquez, 52, begins work...
Four fun facts about Buckner Shoes for Orphan Souls®
Did you know that since our start in 1999, Buckner Shoes for Orphan Souls® has placed more than three million pairs of shoes on vulnerable children’s feet?...
Why are shoe drives so important?
Hosting a shoe drive is a fun, meaningful way to serve those in need. Individual personalities shine through as donors make sure the shoes are special –...