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 […]
In my first blog on “Buckner Builds Families,” I mentioned this phrase as the core mission of Buckner. Just three words: “Buckner Builds Families.” That is what we do and it is easy to remember. We build families for children through foster care, adoption, and family strengthening programs. We build a sense of family for […]
In my first blog on “Buckner Builds Families,” I mentioned this phrase as the core mission of Buckner. Just three words: “Buckner Builds Families.” That is what we do and it is easy to remember. We build families for children through foster care, adoption, and family strengthening programs. We build a sense of family for […]
In my first blog on “Buckner Builds Families,” I mentioned this phrase as the core mission of Buckner. Just three words: “Buckner Builds Families.” That is what we do and it is easy to remember. We build families for children through foster care, adoption, and family strengthening programs. We build a sense of family for […]
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, adoption, and family strengthening programs. For seniors, we provide life planned communities where they belong to a larger family of senior adults. Buckner builds families through… Foster Care. If a […]
Day 2 started early travelling to Houston-Aldine to visit the Buckner Family Hope Center under the leadership of Shawna Roy, director. My team and I went there to visit staff and volunteers as well as children and families affected by Harvey. The Houston-Aldine area was impacted heavily by rain, wind, and flooding. While the Buckner […]
I just returned from a two-day tour visiting evacuees from Hurricane Harvey as well as residents, children and families in Houston and Beaumont. Nothing compares to seeing things first hand. I can tell you that Buckner staff, children, families, and seniors are doing well despite the ravaging impact of Hurricane Harvey. The tour started at […]
