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Buckner International, Urban League Preventing HIV in South Dallas
By Diamond RichardsonBuckner InternationalDALLAS – Participants in HIV prevention education classes held at Buckner International’s Simari Ridge Community Resource Center graduated from the program in a ceremony...
DFW community programs kids slam dunks with Mavericks
By Chelsea QuackenbushDALLAS – Most kids dream of being able to see their favorite athletes play games against big-time rivals from courtside seats. Some would die just...
Beaumont Couple Honored As Foster Parents of the Year
By Chelsea QuackenbushBuckner InternationalBEAUMONT - Fifteen years of foster parenting paid off with a Region V Foster Parents of the Year award for Monica and Ivory Garrett,...
‘I Held Her First’ – Buckner Alum’s story comes full-circle
By Chelsea QuackenbushBuckner InternationalBEAUMONT - Dave “Daddy Dave” Bleakley first met Amelia by chance at a Buckner Children’s Village reunion in Beaumont. Two-week-old Amelia was the youngest...
Buckner mourns “Mr. Camp Buckner” after more than 20 years of service
REPRINTED from the Daily Cities River TribuneMARBLE FALLS, Texas — Friends and family mourning the unexpected death of “Mr. Camp Buckner,” Jerry Ratliff, remembered him as a...
Creative Confections Benefit Beaumont Children
By Lauren Hollon SturdyBuckner InternationalBEAUMONT – Each year, Buckner staff in Beaumont think they’ve “seen it all” in the world of gingerbread houses, but every December, competitors...
Buckner Provides 4,500 Pairs of Shoes to Dallas Homeless and Vulnerable Families
By Lauren Hollon SturdyBuckner InternationalDALLAS – Last Saturday outside the Dallas Convention Center, thousands of people huddled together, wrapped in blankets, waiting for 8:30 a.m. when the...
Nursing Students Bring a Dose of Holiday Fun to Buckner Afterschool Programs
By Lauren Hollon SturdyBuckner InternationalNursing students from Texas Women’s University and members of the Dallas Cake Club spread Christmas cheer yesterday at three Buckner afterschool programs in...
Photo Slideshow: Christmas in Peru Team Delivers Gifts, Smiles
A 24-person mission team returned from Peru on Dec. 11th, where they recently spent 10 days delivering gifts to children, doing Vacation Bible Schools and sharing the...
Sierra Leone CTC teaches business skills through GCPN training program
By Chelsea QuackenbushBuckner InternationalSIERRA LEONE – Matilda Conteh, 25, approached Buckner in 2010 desperate for change after years of having to beg for survival and care for...