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Buckner to Aid Flood Victims in Honduras
October 28, 2008
By Analiz GonzálezBuckner International(DALLAS, Texas) — Buckner International will ship $7,000 worth of shoes, socks, clothes, blankets and food to families affected by the severe flooding and...
Shoes Get Souls in the Door
October 10, 2008
By Jenny Pope and Analiz GonzálezBuckner International(DALLAS, Texas) — Shoes for Orphan Souls is usually the first to tread on new soil for Buckner ministries. And whether...
Needs Are Up, Aid Donations Down
October 9, 2008
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
October 9, 2008
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
October 8, 2008
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
October 7, 2008
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
October 1, 2008
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
September 30, 2008
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
September 25, 2008
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
September 22, 2008
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...