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zx $6 million campaign raising funds for new Buckner campus in Longview


LONGVIEW, Texas – In November, Buckner leadership announced plans to build a new Buckner Family Place and Buckner Family Hope Center in Longview on property purchased earlier this year. At a news conference Nov. 10, officials unveiled details of the plans, which include building 17 new apartments for the Fam- ily Place ministry, a transitional housing program for


single parents and their children. The new Family Hope Center


replaces the current program in Longview located across from First Baptist Church. The new campus is at 1102 S. High Street on nearly four acres of land.


it was announced that an initial gift of $2 million has been given by an anony- mous donor. Longview residents Susan and Rodney Henry and Kellie and Rogers Pope Jr. were introduced as co-chairs of the “Shining Hope Longview Campaign.” “When we have the opportunity to go


A group of Longview supporters is organizing to raise the $6 million needed to fund the project. At the news conference,


out and talk to others about being part of this effort with Family Place and the Fam- ily Hope Center, I think the one theme that resonates more than anything else is ‘transforming lives,’” Rogers Pope Jr. said. “We’ve all been involved in temporary fixes, in doing short-term activities that make someone’s life better for a short time,” Susan Henry added. “The difference here is that we’re really concentrating more on self-sufficiency and trying to get people to move forward in a more independent


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