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Recommended reading for National Adoption Month
The journey of adoption is one of the most wonderful anyone will take. It can also be extremely difficult. Education is the key to understanding the joys...
God’s got a way
By Brenda Hickman“Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.” Proverbs 3:5 (KJV)I absolutely love sharing our story of adoption...
San Angelo couple travels across U.S. by train for 50th anniversary
It’s never too late to develop a passion, and sometimes it can be a bit unusual. Bruce and Karlene McLaren, residents of Baptist Retirement Community, have discovered...
Senior couple spends summer volunteering at youth camp
For Robert and Janet Sartain, residents of Baptist Retirement Community, their retirement is a time to give back to the community and to their church. They have...
Family Place moms can be ‘Silent No More’
MIDLAND, Texas – Most of the moms who find shelter with Buckner Family Transition Programs either were a victim of domestic abuse or saw it in their...
Home: ‘A place where people help each other’
PEÑITAS, Texas – Kneeling on one knee, Paola Mendoza slides a new pair of shoes on a young girl’s feet. A squeal erupts from the preschooler as...
Buckner Shoes for Orphan Souls® garners support from Air 1 Radio
DALLAS – It’s hard to imagine what it’s like to live without shoes, but for many orphans and vulnerable children around the world, it’s a reality. And...
October residents of the month
Meet Sam and Billie Evans, Parkway Place October residents of the month. Billie was born and raised in Wichita, Kan. Sam was born in Tulsa, Okla., but...
Something old, something new… couple celebrates wedding with shoes
For many engaged couples, love takes shape in the form of extravagant wedding plans or exotic honeymoons, but for one Reading, Mass., couple it’s all about shoes.Jessie...
Buckner receives 29,244 sandals from Niagara University
Buckner Shoes for Orphan Souls received 29,244 sandals Aug. 1 from the Sandal Falls Project at Niagara University in Lewiston, N.Y. Buckner will send many of the...