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Long Term Volunteer’s “Report from Kenya”
Jambo! These last few weeks in Kenya have been incredible! Not only have I traveled to Buckner’s western Kenya locations but I have also been on safari...
Buckner Opens Family Pathways Campus, Honors Dallas Philanthropist Annette C. Simmons
DALLAS -- Buckner International opened the Annette C. Simmons Buckner Family Pathways Campus during a 2 p.m. ceremony April 20 on the Buckner Children’s Home campus at...
Buckner CEO Kenneth Hall Retires, Albert Reyes Assumes President/CEO Title
Albert Reyes and Ken Hall shake hands in the Maris Alumni Center on the historic Buckner Children’s Campus.
Buckner Foster Care Heals Scars
Some scars never heal. They may be scars no one sees or knows about. But others are there, visible for everyone to see. When we see someone...
First Person Perspective: Delivering More than Just Shoes
When I found out Buckner was taking a mission trip to Peru, for some reason I just knew that was where I was supposed to be. I...
Mother-Daughter Trip Life-Changing, Says One 2011 Volunteer
Buckner Missions is currently seeking volunteers to travel to Honduras August 5-9 on the annual mother-daughter mission trip.Mother-daughter mission trips offer a chance to bond over shared...
Alabama Girl Trades Gifts for Shoes
By Lauren Hollon SturdyBuckner InternationalHaven Godwin is a dancer, a gymnast, a swimmer and a cyclist. She’s also a budding philanthropist who decided to forego gifts for...
Volunteers Bring Hope to the Valley through KidsHeart
By Lauren Hollon SturdyBuckner InternationalIt was a hot, dirty, sweaty and paint-splattered spring break for churches and Cooperative Baptist Fellowship volunteers in the Rio Grande Valley.This marks...
To Your Health
By Albert ReyesPresident, Buckner InternationalIf you’ve ever been sick – and who hasn’t? – you can appreciate being healthy. That’s something Americans take very seriously. How seriously?According...
Westminster Place is the answer for residents
By Chelsea QuackenbushJanelle Hudgins knew something was wrong with her 88-year-old mother Leoda Newsome last summer when she lost her memory overnight last August.Newsome was dehydrated and...