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Entergy Charitable Foundation Provides Support for Buckner Youth Aging out of Foster Care
BEAUMONT – Entergy Charitable Foundation gave $2,000 to Buckner Children and Family Services in Beaumont to provide support for youth aging out of the foster care system...
Abigail’s Smile
Meet Abigail. She first came to Buckner through Bible classes and Vacation Bible School at the Buckner Community Transformation Center in Jocotenango, a small community nestled in...
Presidential Perspective: Back to School
By Albert L. ReyesPresident and CEO, Buckner InternationalIt’s back-to-school time again. You can almost hear the groans of all the kids as they see the summer evaporate...
Birthday Wish Brings Blessings to Children Worldwide
It all started with an advertisement on the Disney channel one morning in June. Thomas Martinez ran into his mother’s room and asked her to stop blow-drying...
The Impact of New Shoes
The Impact of New Shoes. Click to enlarge!New shoes affect children from head to toe! Click the graphic to learn more about all...
Drive for Success: Missouri Rotarians keep trucking for shoes
Editor’s note: This year marked the 11th consecutive year Rotary International District 6040 in Missouri collected shoes for Shoes for Orphan Souls®. For the past three years,...
Stories from the mission field:College student finds her future in Kenya
By Jana BergesonKenya, Africa: aka number one on my bucket list. A trip to Kenya has been in the top three of every Santa letter since I...
Missions: Buckner’s caring hand to ‘the least and lost’
By Chelsea QuackenbushYou plan for months. You hold fundraisers and sell all your stuff. You go to meetings to talk about cultural awareness, new customs and how...
Presidential perspective: Close to Home
Maria* was born the year before Buckner began working in Guatemala. Today, she is an 11-year-old girl who has hope; not just a futuristic hope, as in,...
Aldine YOUTH Community Center Joins Buckner International
[caption id="attachment_5498" align="alignright" width="500" caption="U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), presented the center with a Congressional Certificate of Recognition praising the center's community efforts and acknowleding the...