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Friday photo: Bed Boss donates 1,000 mattresses to Buckner
This week Buckner International received a donation of 1,000 mattresses from Bed Boss that will be sent to vulnerable children and families in Guatemala, Peru, the Dominican...
Seniors set out to walk 1430 miles with Walk Across Texas! program
Sixty seniors at Baptist Retirement Community in San Angelo have set out to complete 1,430 miles worth of activities in an attempt to figuratively “walk” from the...
Beautifully and wonderfully made
Last week during Spring Break, 60 families in the Buckner Family Pathways programs gathered at Camp Buckner in Burnet, Texas, for a week of relaxation, fun and spiritual...
The “Well, duh” of holistic wellness
Buckner Retirement Services’ approach to holistic wellness has a significant impact in an ever-growing circle of lives. Meeting the whole person’s needs – physical, mental, social, and...
New Houston Family Hope Center becoming a reality
Once, a second Buckner Family Hope Center in Houston was merely a dream. We saw multitudes of vulnerable families and children who needed help, and wanted to...
‘Granny Tax’ Legislation Targets Dallas Area Seniors
A group of non-profit area health care providers are concerned that legislation in the Texas legislature will tax large numbers of elderly in nursing homes. Known as the...
Faith Focus: Intentional living for Christ
Chances are this devotion arrived in your inbox quietly after a pile of weekend junk mail and before the deluge of early morning messages about the million...
Friday photo: Families are never alone
At Buckner Family Pathways, families are never alone. At Family Pathways, families build lasting relationships not only with each other but with Buckner staff as well, like Holly Valentine,...
Coming full circle
The paper cover of a rectangular Snapfolio book from Edwards Photo Service in Tyler, Texas, is worn soft from years of being passed from box to box,...
Buckner Spring Break house build blitz set to radically transform lives of seven families in one week
This week, teams from across the state are striving to build more homes simultaneously than Buckner International has ever attempted during Spring Break in Peñitas, Texas. “We...