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Buckner, MannaRelief make strides against malnutrition in the Valley
By Lauren Hollon SturdyWhen an 8-year-old child weighs what a healthy 6-year-old should, there’s a problem.That was the case for a boy living in the Rio Grande...
Domestic Adoption Trends Changing the Adoption Landscape
By Jenny PopeBuckner InternationalTREND: Fewer domestic infant adoptions nationwide. Most Americans favor adoption, according to recent National Survey on Family Growth and the National Foster Care Adoption...
Q & A with Jerry and Deniese Dillon, Founders of Dillon International
Adoption agency celebrates 40 years of operationQ: Why did you start this ministry in the first place? DENIESE: Well, Jerry is a visionary, and I'm the stick...
Big Steps: Shoes for Orphan Souls™ Walks Tall
By Scott CollinsIt’s a scene I’ve watched for 13 years, going back even before Buckner took over what is today Shoes for Orphan Souls™.The mission team files...
Longview: The Real East Texas
By Chelsea QuackenbushPhoto by Lauren Hollon SturdyHead east out of Dallas on Interstate 20 and the whizzing cars and tall buildings shrink in your rearview mirror as...
Longview couple funds school in Ethiopia
By Chelsea QuackenbushTom and Margaret Ann “Mac” Stone remember sitting in a Buckner meeting several years ago, their hearts breaking for children in Ethiopia but not knowing...
Bethel’s Family: The hands and feet in Houston
By Chelsea Quackenbush Photography by Lauren Hollon Sturdy The Church at Bethel’s Family built itself among the people it serves – and they’ve earned a very positive...
Hillburn Hills reaches out to neighborhood children with afterschool snacks
By Chelsea QuackenbushDALLAS – Buckner-Hillburn Hills and AZAR Foundation, Inc. are reaching out to students in the Piedmont Home Association community to serve afterschool snacks twice a...
Foster care advocates: “Never underestimate the power of a praying wife”
By Lauren Hollon SturdyPhotography by Chelsea QuackenbushLocke and Kara Curfman might be the strongest foster care advocates you’ll ever meet. Even with three birth kids and two...
Slideshow: Hitting the Roof
PEÑITAS – Sandy Wisdom-Martin knew building a home for a family living in desperate poverty in the Lower Rio Grande Valley would transform their lives. She had...