Buckner Family Hope Center®
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What if you could help a child in need get to school?
#RUNforSHOES starts this Friday, and we need your help to reach our goal of providing the black shoes children in two elementary schools in Santo...
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Friday photo: Family event
Presley Osborn, a nursing student at Baylor University’s Louise Harrington School of Nursing, takes a blood pressure reading from a local mother...
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Non-Conformists: Changing the world one family at a time
Nearly five years after his death, Steve Jobs is largely still considered by many to be the greatest visionary and innovator of his generation. He...
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Run for shoes. Run for education.
Karen is a bright 14-year-old who lives in the Eduardo Brito community in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Many of the families who live in this...
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Rays of joy
It was a sweltering 99 degrees, unusually warm for Dallas in late September. There wasn’t a single cloud in the sky and rays of sunlight covered the...
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Why I volunteer
I met Trevor* and Jacob* this spring. They were the first to arrive at a Buckner Shoes for Orphan Souls® shoe distribution. The event took place at...
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Aramark employees give cooking demonstration, revitalize Buckner campus on special volunteer day
Over 150 volunteers from Aramark came to Buckner Children’s Campus on Sept. 20 to host a cooking class, paint murals in various locations, spruce up...
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Buckner delivers aid to those affected by floods in Louisiana
Texas communities have rallied together with Buckner International to help those affected by the record-breaking rains that caused heavy flooding...
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VIDEO: 'Thank God Buckner was there for us'
In partnership with WFAA and Road to a Better Community, we’re excited to share these powerful stories of life transformation, hope and...
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God's sweetest gifts
Buckner Family Hope Center at Longview mother of two Vanessa Powell can remember the exact moment her life changed forever. She and her boyfriend...
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