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6 ways your church can get involved in foster care
Foster parents are needed desperately across the state of Texas – perhaps now more than ever. More than 400,000 children are in foster care in the United States,...
Ware Elementary students respond to clothing need at Longview Buckner Family Hope Center
Leaders change the world. For the Ambassadors leadership team at Ware Elementary School in Longview, Texas, that begins with making life better for those in their own...
Loving a child that might leave
I'll never forget the day it all changed for me. My greatest fear, like so many others who are considering venturing down the beautiful yet tumultuous path of foster...
Beaumont Buckner Shoes for Orphan Souls® drive sets local record
A record number of vulnerable children will have hope and help as a result of the 88.1 KLBT Community Shoe Drive that collected nearly 2,900 pairs of...
Faith Focus: What if we worked together?
Elephants realize how how important and difficult it is to raise their offspring. That's why they travel together in herds, working as a team to protect and...
Friday photo: Welcome, Zaria!
Zaria is our first client at Buckner NextStep, a transitional living program for youth aging out of foster care on the Buckner campus in Dallas. Zaria entered foster...
Seniors walk to raise awareness, spread hope for arthritis
May is National Arthritis Awareness Month, and residents at Buckner Villas are practicing the anthem “motion is lotion” as they raise awareness and funds to fight the...
Growing in generosity and compassion: The blessing of reunification
I first became acquainted with my new foster son’s mother through a box handed to me by a caseworker not long after he was placed in our...
City of Houston declares ‘Buckner International Day’
The City Council of the City of Houston and Mayor Sylvester Turner (center, gray suit) have officially proclaimed May 9 to be “Buckner International Day.” The mayor presented...
Grappling with loss in foster care
“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.” Psalm 34:18 It’s been said many times there is no adoption without...