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Jobs for Life changes lives
[caption id="attachment_5803" align="alignright" width="500" caption="Sylvester Willis graduated from the Jobs for Life class at Buckner's Longview Community Transformation Center in May 2012, where he learned faith-based principles...
Buckner builds better businesses, families
By Chelsea QuackenbushOsvaldo and Maria Salazar live with their two young sons on the edge of a colonia in what used to be a trailer barely held...
My Father’s House mom: ‘I hope to do something big’
By Lauren Hollon Sturdy Anita Morris packed up her bags and boarded a plane to travel more than 5,000 miles to start a new life. She hadn’t...
Buckner Mexico Hatches Egg-Cellent Business Model
Buckner Mexico Community Transformation Centers provide feeding programs in several locations around the country, but Country Director Juan Carlos Millan noted the need to add food production...
The importance of feeling important
By Chelsea QuackenbushBuckner InternationalSitting with Gracie Vazquez as she shares her life in the activity room of the Penitas Community Transformation Center, the conversation suddenly grows quiet....
Families celebrate Russian heritage, joys of adoption
Natalie Bull, 9, of Waco, works on a craft project at a heritage gathering for Eastern European adoptive families.By Susan SerranoDillon InternationalDALLAS –...
Shelving expectations for blessings beyond imagination
By Lauren Hollon SturdyWhen Jason and Nikki Waligura first took the plunge into adoption, they had no idea what lay at the end of their long journey.After...
Buckner volunteer and former Children’s Home resident recognized as finalist in The Dallas Foundation’s “Good Works Under 40”
This biker isn’t bad to the bone – far from it. For the last two years, John Porter has poured his time and energy into making the...
$28,500 grant builds capacity at Buckner Crisis Relief Center
By Lauren Hollon SturdyDecember just got a little cooler at the Buckner Crisis Relief Center.On December 11, installation was finally complete on a walk-in freezer and a...
INFOGRAPHIC: Poverty by the Numbers
We all know poverty is a problem, but do you know just how big? Here, we've aggregated some important stats on poverty and how it affects children...