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Family Hope Center Houston/Aldine Series: The Community
Almost 24 years ago, Sylvia Bolling looked around and saw a need. In fact, lots of them. The community where the public school worker was raising her...
Encouraged to Achieve: Rio Grande Valley Family Hope Center Becomes Second Home for Teen
By Lauren Hollon SturdyBuckner InternationalGraciela Vazquez will be the first member of her family to attend college. She’s excited by the prospect of living on her own...
Tying a Strong Knot of Hope: The Couples
Photography by Russ Dilday Buckner International This summer the Family Hope Center in the Rio Grande Valley saw its first-ever mass wedding, uniting seven confident, assured, hopeful...
Tying a Strong Knot of Hope
By Lauren Hollon SturdyBuckner InternationalSeven brides take turns posing one at a time beneath a red and white ribbon-bedecked arch at the end of the sanctuary’s center...
In Longview, Fit Life encourages healthy lifestyles
By Kelsey BucknerCommunications InternIt’s hot outside, but the oven is even hotter as the 23 class participants pack themselves into a small apartment complex office. As the...
Snapshots from Project Go! 2013
It was an eventful summer for Project Go! and we’re excited to share a quick recap of what our intrepid students accomplished. Thirty-nine volunteers served in five...
Momentum’s the word in South Dallas
By Chelsea QuackenbushPhotos by Russ DildayIf there's one word to describe the atmosphere at the Wynnewood Family Hope Center in South Dallas, it’s "momentum."The physical building looks...
Westminster Place residents collect books for children in Moore, Okla.
By Lauren Hollon Sturdy LONGVIEW, Texas—Buckner Westminster Place residents held a book drive in support of Moore Books for Moore Kids, an effort to help schools destroyed in...
Fundraising effort begins for Baptist Retirement Community expansion
SAN ANGELO, Texas – Fundraising efforts have begun for the expansion and renovation of Baptist Retirement Community. The project, estimated at $22 million, will target four key...
Missouri church builds home for single mom in the Rio Grande Valley
By Lauren Hollon SturdyPhotography by Russ DildayBuckner InternationalIt’s oppressively hot. Even so, the mission team from Memorial Baptist Church in Columbia, Mo. works tirelessly, toiling well past...