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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...
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...
Roatán CTC protects, diagnoses, feeds and educates
by Lauren Hollon SturdyBuckner InternationalThe island of Roatán, 40 miles northeast of the Honduran mainland, is a tropical paradise. White sand beaches and warm turquoise water greet...
Buckner seeks to turn families around ‘180 degrees’
By Chelsea QuackenbushBuckner InternationalZAACHILA, Mexico – Fifty Mexican families are working with Buckner staff turn their lives around by participating in the "180 Degree Project" through the...
Buckner domestic CTC walks with families for change
By Chelsea Quackenbush Buckner International PENITAS, Texas – Alberto Diaz’s five-year-old daughter used to ask him why it would continue to rain inside their trailer though it...
Buckner and Esperanza partner to provide self-sufficiency in Eduardo Brito
By Chelsea QuackenbushBuckner InternationalThe Buckner Dominican Republic Community Transformation Center has teamed up with Esperanza Bank in Eduardo Brito to offer families microloans to propel them out...
Mana CTC extends its reach to nearby communities
By Chelsea QuackenbushBuckner InternationalNEZA, Mexico – The Maná CTC in Neza has opened a satellite CTC in the Las Villas community, a squatter community of extreme poverty...
Long-Term Volunteer Takes on Parenting Role in Guatemala
By Diamond RichardsonBuckner InternationalGUATEMALA CITY – Looking at spit from one of her students on the floor of a newly renovated classroom, Krista Edmonds realized her volunteer...
Radio Stations Collect More Than 46,000 Pairs of Shoes
[caption id="attachment_4555" align="alignright" width="500" caption="Carmen Brown of The Joy FM goofs around with band members from MIKESCHAIR on their shoe collection day in Florida. (PHOTO/Ezekiel Merino of...