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Needs Are Up, Aid Donations Down
By Analiz GonzálezBuckner InternationalThe masses are cramming into public buses, the house next door is foreclosing and the cost of food keeps going up. Most of us...
Buckner Retirement Staff Step Up to Serve
Hurricane Ike raged up the Texas Gulf Coast, but Buckner Retirement Services staff kept their cool when forced to evacuate one community and brace for destruction at...
Serving through the Storm
By Analiz González Buckner InternationalIt’s one thing to help when you are doing well. It’s completely different when you help others while you need help yourself.When Hurricane...
On Being Willing
By Jarred SchremmerImpact, transform, bless, inspire. I was prepared to live out those words when I first walked into the Buckner-run Vickery Wellness Center three years ago....
Sole-d Out Concert Brings More than 3,240 Shoes
By Analiz González Buckner International(DALLAS, Texas) — More than 3,240 shoes were collected in Buckner International’s second annual Sole-d Out Concert on Sept. 27 in the Buckner...
Buckner Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
By Analiz GonzálezBuckner International(DALLAS, Texas) — Sombreros and maracas decorated the tables on Sept. 16 at the Buckner Vickery Wellness Center in Central Dallas. Mariachi music blared...
Chevron Phillips Charity Golf Tournament Rescheduled
The Chevron Phillips Charity Golf Tournament has been rescheduled to begin the morning round at 7 a.m. and the afternoon round at noon on Nov. 14 at...
Calder Woods Residents to Return to Beaumont
DALLAS, Texas – 09-22-08 – 9:00 a .m. – Buckner Retirement Services has announced that it is safe for independent living residents to return to Calder Woods...
Dallas-based Refugees Start School with New Shoes from Buckner
By Analiz GonzálezBuckner International(DALLAS, Texas) — Thirty-six refugee children from around the world received Shoes for Orphan Souls in Dallas on Aug. 28.Buckner staff distributed the shoes...
Jaci Velasquez ‘Sole-d Out’ to Benefit Orphans
(DALLAS, Texas) — 91.7 The TRUTH (KVTT) and Shoes for Orphan Souls® will host a free concert and event featuring Jaci Velasquez on Saturday, Sept. 27 from...