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 Needs Are Up, Aid Donations DownThe masses are cramming into public buses, the house next door is foreclosing and the cost of food keeps going up. Most of us can feel our pockets thinning; but others feel it in their gut.  Shoes Get Souls in the DoorShoes for Orphan Souls is usually the first to tread on new soil for Buckner ministries. And whether shoes are used to spread the Gospel directly or indirectly, they always help get a foot in the door.  Buckner Retirement Staff Step Up to ServeHurricane 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 another.  Serving through
the StormIt’s one thing to help when you are doing well. It’s completely different when you help others while you need help yourself.  Buckner Celebrates Hispanic Heritage MonthSombreros and maracas decorated the tables on Sept. 16 at the Buckner Vickery Wellness Center in Central Dallas. Mariachi music blared from a stereo and rehiletes (papers the colors of the Mexican flag) rustled overhead, much like they do in Mexico.  Dallas-based Refugees Start School with New Shoes from Buckner Thirty-six refugee children from around the world received Shoes for Orphan Souls in Dallas on Aug. 28.  Buckner Residents, Staff Still Waiting to Return to Beaumont after IkeResidents and staff of Calder Woods and Buckner Children’s Village in Beaumont are staying put in Buckner locations around Texas following last week’s evacuation due to Hurricane Ike.  Shell Gives to Hurricane Recovery EffortsShell Exploration and Production donated $25,000 on Aug. 15 to Buckner International’s Hurricane relief efforts in the Rio Grande Valley.  Cleveland Radio Station Breaks
its Own RecordWCRF Radio conducted its fifth Shoes for Orphan Souls drive from June 15-Aug. 3, collecting more than 1,100 pairs during its July 31 drop-off day at Joe’s Fine Deli and Restaurant.  CBF, Buckner Launch New Ministry Along U.S./Mexico Border Buckner International, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship Global Missions, and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of the West will work together to establish ministry along the Mexican border with Arizona and California.  Educate Yourself: Back to School
Around the Globe We see it in the movies all the time: children grumbling because summer is over, reeling in the imminent dread of going back to school. Many of us are seeing this same scene played out in our own homes right now.  Adoption Gives East Texas Family ‘Additional Blessing’ Four-year-old Kellie Hodson loves to twirl in her pink dress. She makes faces with her big brother Jonathan, shares secrets with her Mom and rides the four-wheeler with her dad whenever she gets the chance.  Buckner Weathers Dolly;
Help Sought for Guatemala, Colonias Buckner International staff from Guatemala to the Lower Grande Valley are responding to emergency needs for thousands of people affected by Hurricane Dolly last week.  Buckner Adoption Receives Accreditation from Russia Buckner Adoption and Maternity Services received its official accreditation certificate from Russian authorities July 28, completing a two-year process that caused Buckner to suspend Russia adoptions until the notification was received.  Buckner Children Receive Inspiration, Training at Legacy Sports CampSmiles were abundant on the playing fields at Legacy Christian Academy in Frisco as 72 children from Buckner community programs learned basketball drills, scrimmaged on the soccer field, and threw footballs during a sports camp led by Legacy high school students and coaches.  Buckner Missionaries Reach Out to Chatinos, Mixtecos A group of 38 mission volunteers who traveled to Mexico last year may have been the first U.S. teams to visit the Chatinos and Mixtecos in the coast of Oaxaca.  KidsHeart Missionaries ‘Pay it Forward’Twenty-five-year-old Matthew Ryan Yow died in a car accident in May. But two months later, Matthew’s mom, Susan, and his 15-year-old sister, Lauren, joined the brigade of more than 300 Baptists heading south to serve in the Rio Grande Valley’s colonias July 13-18 through KidsHeart, a collaborative mission effort between the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and Buckner Children and Family Services/Buckner Border Ministries.  Summer Community Programs Keep Metroplex Children Active Ten-year-old Kewona Jones from Wynnewood Community Services Center confidently shared a poem she wrote called Stress Relief to an audience of her peers. As she spoke words of wisdom well beyond her years, the lull was broken by cheers from the next group waiting to perform.  Buckner Children Find Healing, Happiness at Camp Buckner After a full day of kayaking, fishing, swimming and playing, the children from the Buckner residential homes changed into nicer clothes and herded into a church-like room with soft chairs and a stage.  Volunteers Urgently Needed to DeliverShoes for Orphan Souls Buckner still needs volunteers to travel on upcoming Shoes for Orphan Souls trips or they may be cancelled, said George McCain, director of Buckner Missions. More Buckner News Shareable Wearables Clothing
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