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Buckner Vietnam Orphans Return to Homeland they Fled
[caption id="attachment_2566" align="aligncenter" width="485" caption="Holme Oltrogee consoles his mother, Nguyen Thi Thuan. Oltrogee was among a group of orphans fleeing Vietnam for Buckner Children’s Home in Dallas...
Buckner Children’s Village Celebrates 40 Years
By Brittany BlackBEAUMONT, Texas – After 40 years, Buckner Children’s Village in Beaumont is a place where traditions are still carried out and smiles are still being...
From Glass Slippers to Shoes for Orphan Souls
By Brittany BlackST. CHARLES, Illinois – If one shoe changed Cinderella’s life, imagine what a pair of shoes could do. The cast of Cinderella at Noble Fools...
Buckner Center to Combat Child Abandonment in Guatemala
Analiz G. SchremmerSAN JOSE PINULA, Guatemala – Buckner opened a new Community Transformation Center on May 25 to serve people in one of Guatemala’s most impoverished communities...
Keller Williams Realty Renovates Emergency Shelter
BEAUMONT, Texas — Sixteen foster children from Buckner Children’s Village ran through a crowd of volunteers May 13 yelling, “Move that Van” – Extreme Home Makeover, style.They...
Healing Abused and Neglected Children
For 131 years, Buckner has cared for many of the least fortunate boys and girls in our society. Many of these children have endured appalling suffering: physical...
Serving Korea with Hand and Heart
By Susan SerranoFamilies will have an opportunity to celebrate Thanksgiving in a unique way this year by giving thanks for their blessings from God and sharing those...
Just a Pair of Shoes
Twenty-five years ago I was adopted by my parents. Little did I know that from that moment on the Lord was molding and teaching me for my...
Crump Named VP of Operations for Buckner Retirement Services
DALLAS – Patrick L. “Pat” Crump, president of Baptist Memorials Ministries, has been named vice president of operations for Dallas-based Buckner Retirement Services. The move is part...
Missouri Rotary Gives Orphans 20,000 Shoes
Analiz G. Schremmer(DALLAS)—For the ninth year in a row, the Missouri Rotary District 6040 has come through for Buckner, bringing a donation of more than 20,000 pairs...