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Buckner Family Place in Midland Launching Expansion Plan
(MIDLAND, Texas) – Officials with Buckner Family Place in Midland announced Oct. 6 a $600,000 expansion of the facility located at 421 W. Pecan.The expansion increases the...
Dallas Junior League Volunteers at Buckner Warehouse
[caption id="attachment_1496" align="alignnone" width="482" caption="Women from the Junior League of Dallas sort shoes with children from Buckner’s after-school programs in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. After sorting shoes,...
‘We’re in the Miracle Receiving Business’
By Jenny PopeBuckner InternationalOctober 18, 2007 was an average day for Cheri Griffin until she received a phone call that would change her life forever. It was...
More than Just Make Believe
By Analiz González SchremmerCory and Lori Pepiton’s children like playing make believe.In their mind, the playground in their yard is a space ship. They pretend that they...
Robin’s Story
Robin Moore greets us at the front door with three young boys standing nearby. “Anna!” she calls out, grabbing her friend and hugging her around the neck....
Lucy’s Story
Lucy Gutierrez was working at a prison and saw no future in it. She could hardly pay the groceries and wanted out.Gutierrez decided that she needed to...
Sabrina’s Story
For a while, Sabrina Sanchez lived in her car with her two little girls and another on the way.“We weren’t eating because I was doing meth,” Sanchez...
Nichole’s Story
Nichole Watkins and her children lived in a house with drug addicts before they came to My Father’s House.“I heard about My Father’s House when I was...
Elaine’s Story
When Elaine Howard arrived at My Father’s House, she was broken and looking for repair.“I had an addiction to methamphetamines and had been incarcerated for seven months,”...
Becky’s story
by Analiz SchremmerBefore coming to My Father’s House, Becky Crowley felt like suicide was the only way out.“After I got a divorce in January, I was completely...