Buckner Children & Family Services
Recent News About Buckner Children & Family Services
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BUCKNER CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES: Creating the full home they always dreamed
When Veronica Esquivel left home at 15, it shaped her in many ways. One of the biggest desires it placed in her heart was to help other children in similar positions.
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BUCKNER CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES: 'What do these stones mean?'
I've heard these and similar phrases from both friends speaking in earnest and strangers making small talk.
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BUCKNER CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES: Joy that overflows
Christmas in a small, country town was the best of times. Unlike big cities, everyone knew each other or at least was familiar with that family, which meant at Christmas there was an abundance of toys, candy, fruit and all kinds of goodies from my grandparents, mom and dad, aunts and uncles, our church, and even school.
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BUCKNER CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES: Longview families receive special Christmas surprise
For the last 15 years, Morgan Stanley has blessed Longview Buckner families at Christmas with a festive party and gifts for children.
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BUCKNER CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES: Single dad finds support in new career
Once homeless and hopeless, Houston man now helps other vulnerable families succeedDecember 11, 2020 By Emily Ahrens
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BUCKNER CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES: Did you Run for Hope?
Children, adults and even pets ran virtually to support Buckner International November 20, 2020
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BUCKNER CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES: Celebrating National Adoption Month
According to Child Welfare Information Gateway, the idea of dedicating a time to raise awareness about the need for adoption began in 1976 when the governor of Massachusetts created an Adoption Week for the state.
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BUCKNER CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES: The COVID-19 crisis in Peru
The toll of the pandemic in the other countries Buckner serves is overwhelming. For many desperate children and families, Buckner is their only safety net, especially during a crisis like COVID-19.
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BUCKNER CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES: An adult adopted person's perspective on transracial adoption
I'm not afraid to talk about being adopted. It is who I am, and I am proud of it. Growing up in a home that is not of the ethnicity background I am from, I was always a happy-go-lucky kid.
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BUCKNER CHILDERN & FAMILY SERVICES: Justice looks like the kingdom of God
Justice at its core is treating people in a right way, an ethical and honest way.
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BUCKNER CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES: Volunteering is 'simply a part of life'
Nelda Turner proves there is a place for everyone to volunteer and use their unique skills to meet the needs of vulnerable children and families.
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BUCKNER CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES: Amarillo couple answers the call to help foster youth in any way they can
David and Sydney Rieff simply wanted to help. They felt a tug on their heart to support the foster care system in Amarillo, but they didn’t know where to begin.
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BUCKNER CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES: Be the salt
In Mark 2, four men carrying a fifth, who was paralyzed and confined to a mat, traveled to Capernaum where Jesus was teaching in a home. Upon arrival, they encountered “such large numbers that there was no room left, not even outside the door” (Mark 2:2).
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BUCKNER CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES: Buckner Children's Home in Rio Grande Valley awarded Maximus Foundation Grant
The Buckner Children’s Home in the Rio Grande Valley was recognized for their dedication to family and community development and serving vulnerable communities.
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BUCKNER CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES: Buckner Retirement Services inspires happiness during a pandemic
Buckner Retirement Services inspires happiness during a pandemic
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BUCKNER CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES: Support small businesses run by Buckner families
Small local businesses are at the forefront of many minds as the pandemic continues to keep some closed due to social distancing orders
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BUCKNER CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICE: Four ways to share the Easter story with your children
In effort to reduce the spread of COVID-19, most of us may be practicing social distancing or sheltering-in-place this Easter.
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BUCKNER CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES: Peace in the storm
Several years ago, I was traveling to my parents’ home in northern Wisconsin.
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BUCKNER CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES: It started with a whisper: How one West Texas church impacts their local community with service
A single lyric from a song, “Oh, somebody needs the light you have,” adds further fuel to an already passionate ACTNow missions team from Lubbock’s Southcrest Baptist Church. To describe this team as passionate is like saying the wind blows a little in West Texas
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BUCKNER CHILDREN & FAMILY SERVICES: NFL player Weston Richburg speaks to packed house at Heart of Buckner Amarillo fundraiser
More than 200 people attended the 6th annual Heart of Buckner Amarillo fundraiser at the Amarillo Botanical Gardens to hear a moderated conversation between San Francisco 49ers center Weston Richburg and former Amarillo Globe-News sports editor and columnist Jon Mark Beilue.