Buckner Family Hope Center®
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Family coaching: More than meets the eye
See how family coaches help families toward self-sufficiency
Being healthy is much more than diet and exercise. Being healthy should be looked at holistically. Buckner family coaching seeks to serve families by...
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Words have power
Family Hope Center mentor becomes best-selling author
There are pages and pages within journals containing the words that Michelle Owusu-Hemeng needed to hear. But she never realized so many other...
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Today is North Texas Giving Day
Your gift today doubles your impact for children in foster care
With more than 11,000 children in North Texas in need of a safe place to call home, you have the chance to bring hope to those most vulnerable...
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Grande celebration
Buckner celebrates 50 years serving Rio Grande Valley
1971 is heralded by Apple TV+’s groundbreaking documentary “1971” as “the year that music changed everything.” It was the year that saw...
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Get the newest issue of Buckner Today
Read encouraging stories of hope
This year, we are celebrating many milestones for Buckner – one of those being 50 years of ministry in the Rio Grande Valley. This issue of Buckner...
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Serving new families
Event helps more families start the school year on the right foot
Dreaming of a fun family Saturday? Picture bean bag toss, Chick-fil-A and new school supplies. Select families in the Bachman Lake area experienced...
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A glory unique
A devotion on the glory of Christ
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the concept of glory. The Bible teaches that Christians are uniquely glorious, because we possess the glory...
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Families enjoy a night at the ballpark at the Sugarland Skeeters
On Sept. 7, 2021, Buckner’s senior living community in Houston, Parkway Place, gathered with children, families and staff from the Buckner Family...
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New joint agreement will support youth aging out of foster care
The joint effort will seek to provide services to prevent youth from experiencing homelessness, incarceration or poverty
Buckner Children and Family Services and Georgia-based Connections Homes signed a joint agreement today to provide a more extensive support network...
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Reflections on 9/11
Buckner president gives his September 2021 update
I was in San Antonio. It was a bright, clear morning and I was preparing to leave for the Baptist University of the Americas and a full day of work...
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