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The Journey to Kenya: Two North Texas teachers prepare to serve children on their summer break
March 27, 2013
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
March 25, 2013
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’
March 22, 2013
DALLAS – Volunteers at the Buckner Center for Humanitarian Aid can now walk a mile in the shoes – or bare feet – of the children who...
It’s World Water Day!
March 22, 2013
Today is World Water Day, so we thought we'd share a clean water project the Buckner Mexico NGO staff has been working on.In a project funded by...
Alaskan High School Students Collect Socks for Children
March 20, 2013
Editor's Note: This story has been used with permission from the Juneau Empire. It was published on March 3 on their website here.A simple pair of children’s...
Peru: Her name was Maria Elena
March 12, 2013
Her name was Maria Elena. She was only 3 months old when she completely changed my life. She was found abandoned as an infant in Lima, Peru,...
Why I volunteer: The day God’s call changed everything
February 28, 2013
[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
February 25, 2013
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
February 21, 2013
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
February 19, 2013
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...