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Evacuations Costing Buckner Thousands Click here to make a donationWe need special help during this hurricane season!Typically, we ask for disaster relief to help offset the suffering...
Buckner Calls Halt to Hurricane Ike Evacuation
DALLAS, Texas: 09/10/08 4:00 p.m. — Buckner International President Kenneth Hall said the Dallas-based non-profit has no plans to evacuate its retirement communities or children and family...
Buckner International Seeks Donations for Hurricane Evacuation, Relief Efforts
(DALLAS, Texas) – Evacuations in Southeast Texas during Hurricane Gustav cost Buckner International thousands of dollars, and with the imminent arrival of Hurricane Ike along the Texas...
Lufkin’s First Baptist Church Houses Buckner Hurricane Evacuees
By Analiz GonzálezBuckner International(LUFKIN, Texas) — Lufkin’s First Baptist Church housed four Buckner foster families who evacuated from Beaumont during Hurricane Gustav Aug. 31-Sept. 2, with church...
Calming an Anxious Heart
By Tim & Theresa Oloffson Many prayers and preparations went into the six months leading up to the 2008 camp for the children at the orphanage in...
A Blessed Journey of Healing
By Dagmar MuellerI am not even sure where to start our story, so I thought I might begin with the happy ending. On December 22, 2005, we...
Yolani’s Little Step
By Robyn BushYolani is a precious girl around the age of 12 who never spoke.We were told she was mute, but we weren’t sure if that was...
Blessed to Bless Others
By Aracely PérezBuckner InternationalMy mother received her first pair of shoes when she was 14. She reminded me of this while we sat in my parked car...
The Feet of Our Maker
By Beth BatemanWe stepped out of the truck and took several steps back in time to a village in Bantu, Ethiopia. That’s when we saw the children....
Shell Gives to Hurricane Recovery Efforts
By Analiz GonzálezBuckner International(SAN CARLOS, Texas) — Shell Exploration and Production donated $25,000 on Aug. 15 to Buckner International’s Hurricane relief efforts in the Rio Grande Valley.“This...