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Going Gold for Senior Living becomes annual call for community support
Following the success of last year’s gold ribbon awareness campaign, Going Gold for Senior Living organizer Buckner Retirement Services is encouraging its adoption annually. During the month of June, Texans...
What justice looks like depends on where you’re standing
Scott Collins, senior vice president of communications for Buckner International, originally wrote this column for the Baptist Standard as part of a special series "Justice looks like ..." allowing...
Foster youth finds hope through NextStep
Brikti aged out of foster care and needed help. She found Buckner NextStep, a supervised independent living program that provides young adults with the support they need to...
A sacrifice of love
Many people confuse Veterans Day and Memorial Day. While Veterans Day (originally known as Armistice Day and observed on Nov. 11) honors all military veterans who have...
New awareness day spotlights the 23,000 youth aging out of foster care annually
Today is the inaugural National Aging Out of Foster Care Awareness Day, an official day to recognize the thousands of youths aging out of the system each...
When it comes to the foster care crisis, we all want to help
Buckner International President and CEO Albert Reyes wrote this column for The Dallas Morning News. A member of the Board of Trustees of the Christian Alliance for...
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Celebrate 25 years of international work with us in the latest Bucker Today, featuring ministry updates, photos from years past and beautiful stories of hope and empowerment. ...
Homeless, pregnant and aging out of foster care
Imagine being 14 and facing homelessness. Briana Wright knows what it’s like all too well. The third sibling of seven, Briana and her mother didn’t agree on...
73-year-old woman helps others in her community stay healthy
Today is National Senior Health and Fitness Day, and one resident at Baptist Retirement Community in San Angelo is helping her fellow residents stay healthy through dance. ...
Satisfaction guaranteed
Satisfaction guaranteed: These two words are used very loosely today. We have companies selling food that have a guarantee of satisfaction. But what does it mean to...