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Dancing through life
It’s 10:15 on a Monday morning in Beaumont, Texas. The air inside the Calder Woods auditorium is almost as thick as the southeast Texas humidity outside. Nearly...
Steps toward a bright future
When 19-year-old Angela* came to the Life Design Program, she was seven months pregnant and had nowhere to live. Due to her unintended pregnancy, she felt plans for...
Conroe computer company provides laptops for Buckner Family Pathways moms
Bruce Freeman often helps people put their computers back together. Whether someone walks in with a virus, malfunctioning software or some other computer malady, the president of...
Faith Focus: What’s on your mind?
Holly Jones, wellness coordinator at Buckner Villas, knows better than to forget her iPod for work each morning. Holly’s well-loved device carries the more than 20 playlists...
Friday photo: Jobs For Life
Thursday, Buckner President and CEO Albert L. Reyes shared his family testimony during the new Jobs For Life class led by the Buckner Family Hope Center at...
Books for the blind
Carolyn Randall, a Parkway Place resident in Houston, has been a bookworm her whole life. In fact, she loves books and words so much that she’s dedicated...
Snapshots of Spring Break at Camp Buckner
During Spring Break, 60 families from the Buckner Family Pathways programs around the state gathered at Camp Buckner in Burnet, Texas, for fun, relaxation and encouragement. From...
The science behind the playlists: How music selection impacts senior adult fitness
Holly Jones, wellness coordinator at Buckner Villas, knows better than to forget her iPod for work each morning. Jones’ well-loved device carries the more than 20 playlists...
Buckner International sending food, water filters to flood victims in Peru
Buckner International is shipping more than 500,000 meals and 400 water filters to help the more than 630,000 people who have been affected by the worst floods...
Faith Focus: The weight of our past
For Melanie, returning to the Texas Hill Country was a homecoming. She’s from the area, but returning there wasn’t high on her list of priorities. The person...