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Celebrating the lives impacted in 2024

Since 1879, Buckner International and its various ministries have worked to shine hope throughout Texas and across the world. Each year, we continue to connect and serve...
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A decade of service

Aramark celebrated their Global Day of Service, Aramark Building Community Day, at the Buckner Children and Family Services campus in Dallas earlier this month. This marks the...
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New program in Longview supports fathers and father figures

A new program focused on family preservation by supporting fathers is now offered by Buckner Longview. Fatherhood EFFECT focuses on the importance of a bond between child...
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Honoring the early beginnings of the single-parent ministry in East Texas

In the mid-1990s, roughly 800 of the 4,000 students at Angelina College in Lufkin, Texas, were single parents. Many of them had come back to school to...
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Domestic foster, adoption and kinship programs receive CARF accreditation

CARF International recently awarded Buckner foster care, adoption and kinship care programs a three-year accreditation. Our foster care, adoption and kinship care programs in Texas focus on...
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Dallas Mavericks and Texas Rangers Help 550 Buckner Families Celebrate Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is a time for coming together with loved ones and reflecting on the year’s blessings. But for some vulnerable families, it can be a financially stressful...
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Early Thanksgiving meal from Houston Rockets draws neighbors to Buckner Family Hope Center at Northside

Music filled the gymnasium. Children danced and squirmed while they waited in line for the hot meal. Chicken or turkey? Macaroni and cheese? Peach cobbler, please! Children...
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Home of the Buckner Hornets

On Oct. 14, about 40 volunteers from AT&T and City Year spent four hours meticulously hand painting a mural on the basketball court at Buckner International’s Dallas...
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Inspiration and encouragement for today’s Christian working woman

Did you know 80 percent of Buckner International's employees are women? Most leadership conferences are not geared exclusively to Christian working women ... except for Boldly. This...
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Inspiring happiness and wellness with Buckner Retirement Services

Buckner Retirement Services seeks to inspire happiness in our seniors every day in a holistic way. The annual Wellness Awards presentations made to seniors at Buckner Calder...
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