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Dusting off the hard hat: Retired engineers share wisdom on new construction
When a young Bob Gloyna assembled his father’s discarded wooden matches into miniature bridges and buildings, the average price of gasoline was 19 cents a gallon. While...
Non-Conformists: Changing the world one family at a time
Nearly five years after his death, Steve Jobs is largely still considered by many to be the greatest visionary and innovator of his generation. He escorted computers...
Run for shoes. Run for education.
Karen is a bright 14-year-old who lives in the Eduardo Brito community in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Many of the families who live in this community live...
Faith Focus: A choice to act
In the book “Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World,” Adam Grant noted that when experts rated U.S. presidents on their desire to please others and avoid conflict,...
Friday photo: Blessing
The Gabriel Apartment Sunday School class at First Baptist Church in Midland, Texas, recently delivered an SUV-load of kitchen supplies that equipped the kitchens of two Buckner Family Pathways...
Rays of joy
It was a sweltering 99 degrees, unusually warm for Dallas in late September. There wasn’t a single cloud in the sky and rays of sunlight covered the...
We must always remember where many of the families we serve come from
Families often come to Buckner Family Pathways when they’ve tried everything else to better their situations on their own without seeing any improvement. They’ve realized they need help,...
Why I volunteer
I met Trevor* and Jacob* this spring. They were the first to arrive at a Buckner Shoes for Orphan Souls® shoe distribution. The event took place at...
Faith Focus: The eyes of Texas are upon you
Every other month, a group of men from Buckner Villas in Austin, Texas, meets with Hill & Wilkinson General Contractors, the Richardson-based company managing the community’s GreenRidge...
Aramark employees give cooking demonstration, revitalize Buckner campus on special volunteer day
Over 150 volunteers from Aramark came to Buckner Children’s Campus on Sept. 20 to host a cooking class, paint murals in various locations, spruce up the basketball...