I am so pleased to share with you that I have been elected as a new member of the board of directors for the Christian Alliance for Orphans (CAFO). I keep a lot of plates spinning in my role as CEO of Buckner International; yet, one of the movements I want to lead Buckner toward […]
If you ask me about the core reason Buckner exists today I would say: “Buckner builds families.” We build families for children through … Foster Care. If a child has been removed from their biological family due to abuse, abandonment, or neglect, Buckner works diligently to find a foster family to provide a safe and […]
Below is a statement I released this morning about immigrant children.
Do you remember the crisis at our border a few years ago when over 60,000 minors arrived at our Texas border? Shortly after that crisis, I stood in the office of Mr. Oscar Padilla, Vice President of External Affairs for Guatemala in Guatemala City. I remember his words as though they were said yesterday. He […]
Buckner is not new to Houston. In fact, we have been in Houston since the 1950s. But the major focus of our work has been in providing senior adult living services through Parkway Place in Houston. Susan Phelps is the new Executive Director of Parkway Place and is doing a fantastic job. Over the past […]
This is a really big week at Buckner for several reasons. First, the Buckner International Board of Trustees meets for its April meeting this week. We are exploring new opportunities for discussion on key topics for our future. We are all very excited about the potential of this meeting. That would be enough news to […]
By the time you read this blog, I will have just returned from a 10-day trip to Kenya. We will have visited Buckner work in Nairobi, Busia, Bungoma, Kitale, and Cherangani. The purpose of our trip is to catch up and learn about the work of Dickson Masindano, executive director of Buckner Kenya and to […]
My year got off to a running start with a quick visit to Guatemala City on the Jan. 7. I flew to Guatemala to visit our new Buckner Family Hope Center in San Jose de Pinula close to Guatemala City. Our work in Guatemala, under the leadership of Carlos Colón, has flourished dramatically. Through a […]
A few weeks ago, I signed an agreement with the Texas Rangers Baseball Foundation (TRBF) to jointly offer services to families in West Dallas at the Texas Rangers Youth Academy in West Dallas at the Mercy Street Ministries Campus presented by Toyota North America. During the last year the TRBF has hosted activities for youth […]
In January, I launched a series of blogs on the topic, “Buckner Builds Families.” I am continuing that theme in February focusing on how we are building families in our nation’s capital, in West Dallas, in Guatemala, and in Kenya. On Tuesday of this week, I will be traveling to Washington D.C. to attend the […]
