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Join us April 13 for Buckner Day at the Rangers
March 17, 2014
Buckner International invites you to Buckner Day at Globe Life Park in Arlington on Sunday, April 13! The Texas Rangers will take on the Houston Astros at...
The state of foster care from a roundtable of experts
March 14, 2014
Why is foster care important? What is the Church's role? What are the common misconceptions about foster children and how to parent them? We sat down with...
Buckner senior living communities make U.S. News & World Report top honor
March 12, 2014
DALLAS – U.S. News & World Report recognized Buckner Westminster Place in Longview, Buckner Calder Woods in Beaumont and Buckner Villas in Austin as Best Nursing Homes...
Ways to raise money for your mission trip (part two)
March 11, 2014
Are you going on a mission trip this year? Maybe to Guatemala, Mexico or Peru? If you’re already planning your next service trip and looking for ways...
March is Professional Social Work Month
March 6, 2014
Did you know? March is Professional Social Work Month! Throughout this month, we’d like to introduce you to a few of our social workers from across Buckner...
Ways to raise money for your mission trip (part one)
March 4, 2014
As we head into spring break and look forward to the summer months, we also move into the time of the year when many people are looking...
Weaver volunteers calculate perfect assistance at perfect time
March 3, 2014
HOUSTON – In the past few months, the Buckner Family Hope Center Houston/Aldine received an unprecedented number of in-kind donations, so many clothes and toys that staff...
Make a difference for kids like Dustin through school supplies
February 28, 2014
There’s nothing quite like the potential in a new box of crayons. Just thinking about it, you can almost smell them, can’t you? New crayons, freshly sharpened...
Circus act builds self-esteem in South Dallas children served by Buckner
February 27, 2014
In an effort to promote self-esteem in at-risk children, The Artist Outreach has a solution: send in the clowns. The nonprofit arranged a clown workshop to share...
Dreaming big dreams: Education defines family’s past successes and future hopes
February 26, 2014
Nicolas and Sara Flores know what it means to have nothing. Growing up in Tampico, Mexico, they had plenty of it. He went to work as a...