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The Journey to Kenya: Two North Texas teachers prepare to serve children on their summer break
Editor’s note: Project GO! is a short-term mission trip opportunity through Buckner International for college students and young adults. During their time, participants will help transform lives...
Buckner expands programs in Conroe with foster care, adoption
CONROE, Texas – Buckner officials opened a brand new foster care and adoption office donated by Alan and Jeanie Boehm, a local Conroe family, with a ribbon-cutting...
Shoes for Orphan Souls unveils the ‘Barefoot Experience’
DALLAS – Volunteers at the Buckner Center for Humanitarian Aid can now walk a mile in the shoes – or bare feet – of the children who...
Alaskan High School Students Collect Socks for Children
Editor's Note: This story has been used with permission from the Juneau Empire. A simple pair of children’s socks may not look powerful, but they can make...
Why I volunteer: The day God’s call changed everything
[caption id="attachment_5891" align="alignright" width="500" caption="Ed Wales (back left) and fellow volunteers pose at the Buckner Center for Humanitarian Aid, where they sort and package shoes to be...
‘Never a Dull moment’: The renaissance man: husband, father, coach, chef, counselor and comedian
From teaching to coaching, counseling to cooking, Arlen White has lived a vibrant and varied life. His wife, Delores, says it’s never a dull moment with Arlen.They...
Music translates beyond language, age
Natalie Goodman often shares her musical talents with the community at GreenRidge at Buckner Villas in Austin, Texas.By Paul ClarkPhotography by Chelsea QuackenbushLife...
First Person: Ditches and the Rain
A few years ago I heard a message at Willow Creek Global Leadership Summit that I never forgot. Last year, when our humanitarian aid team was tasked...
‘A window into their world’: Beaumont couple helps children from hard places heal
By Chelsea QuackenbushPhotography by Lauren Hollon SturdyThe modest exterior of the Rice home in Beaumont, Texas, masks the chaos that whirls inside at the dawn of each...
Tailoring team blesses foster children through handicrafts
Belinda Gibson (left) and Clarice Miller have made more than 180 pillowcases for Buckner foster children in Southeast Texas.By Lauren Hollon Sturdy Foster kids’...