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Dallas Mavericks deliver Thanksgiving turkeys to Buckner families
DALLAS – About 300 families lined the parking lot of Buckner Children’s Home on Sunday, Nov. 18 as Dallas Mavericks players O.J. Mayo, Dahntay Jones, Jae Crowder,...
Reyes Receives Latino Leaders ‘Maestro Award for Community Service’
DALLAS – Buckner President and CEO Dr. Albert L. Reyes received the prestigious Maestro Award for Community Service from Latino Leaders magazine at the Hilton Hotel in...
Former Buckner President/CEO Moves to Baylor University as Senior Vice President
Dr. Kenneth Hall
Intergenerational Partnership Leads to New Friendships
Senior Mentors Help College StudentsLONGVIEW, Texas -- It is amazing to see what happens when you put a woman in her 90s in a room with a...
It’s Time to Apply for Project GO! 2013
Mission Network News featured a great story on their website yesterday about Project GO!, our summer program for college students who want to serve orphans, vulnerable children...
‘Part of Us’ – A foster-to-adopt story
After ‘rookie’ start, foster parents Rene and Donna Carrasco now naturalsBy Russ Dilday“Most of the kids we’ve had, the parents have either given up on them –...
5 Ways to Support Foster Families and Kids During the Holidays
Holidays can be both a wonderful and challenging time for foster and adoptive families. Between parties, events, family visits and activities, kids in foster care can easily...
First Person Perspective: Out of Grief into Gladness
By Holly Garcia"Consider it all joy, my brethren, when you encounter various trials, knowing the testing of your faith produces endurance. And let endurance have its perfect...
Bookmarks for Buckner
By Thatcher D.I first learned about Buckner when Legacy Christian Academy started to “adopt” a child from Buckner in each class. At this year’s annual book fair,...
We asked, you gave — the results are in from North Texas Giving Day!
Buckner Donors Give $381,019 on North Texas Giving DayOrganization celebrates its largest single day of online giving in 133-year historyDALLAS – Buckner International’s ‘Get up and Give!’...