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PERSPECTIVES ON BUCKNER ‘All orphan children’ President and CEO Albert L. Reyes
IN OTHER WORDS What’s in a name? Scott Collins
BUCKNER JOURNAL What’s going on at Buckner International
• Buckner makes going back to school easier for vulnerable children • Buckner opens Heritage and Learning Center • Barnett named senior vice president of Buckner Children and Family Services
• Buckner celebrates 60 years of senior living in Houston • Chatagnier named new executive director of Buckner Parkway Place • Buckner opens new Peru Family Hope Center • Buckner Family Place, My Father’s House Lubbock become Buckner Family Pathways
• Buckner North Texas Crisis Relief Center awarded $30,000 to help meet critical needs in southeast Dallas County
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Chiapas: Transforming hearts at ‘Rock Crusher’ Sewing to success
A publication of Buckner International Volume 40, Number 4 • Fall 2015
PRESIDENT & CEO, BUCKNER INTERNATIONAL Albert L. Reyes
PRESIDENT, BUCKNER FOUNDATION David M. Slover
VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNICATIONS Scott Collins
ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT FOR PUBLIC RELATIONS Russ Dilday
EDITORIAL STAFF
EDITOR John Hall
MANAGING EDITOR Aimee Freston
ART DIRECTOR Alan Paul
GRAPHIC ARTIST Luis Pérez
ELECTRONIC EDITOR Chelsea White
CONTRIBUTOR Elizabeth Arnold
NEWSMEDIA PRODUCTION TJ Maher
WEB/MULTIMEDIA MANAGER Bradley Vinson
www.buckner.org
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Humanitarian aid by the numbers
Resurrecting dreams Living on the edge
‘If it weren’t for Buckner, I would be dead’ Paving the future
Last Look | Parting Shot Transforming lives
ON THE COVER: This 5-year-old boy attends the school at the Buckner Family Hope Center in Busia, Kenya. Living in extreme poverty, his community struggles with many fi nancial and health issues; however, he is overjoyed to attend school, where Buckner pays his fees so he can get an education.
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