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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...
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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...
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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...
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It’s World Water Day!

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...
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Alaskan High School Students Collect Socks for Children

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...
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Peru: Her name was Maria Elena

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,...
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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...
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‘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...
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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...
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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...
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