Archive for the 'Domestic Adoption' Category

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By Analiz G. Schremmer
BEAUMONT, Texas — Sixteen foster children from Buckner Children’s Village ran through a crowd of volunteers May 13 yelling, “Move that Van” – Extreme Home Makeover, style.

Buckner Foster Care and Adoption Urgently Recruits Families to Meet the Demand
DALLAS – Last year in Texas, an estimated 12,750 children were left waiting for an adoptive family. These children were removed from their homes due to abuse or neglect and placed into the foster care system. After their parents’ rights were terminated, they needed [...]

By Jenny Pope
Buckner International
The sweet smell of strawberry and rhubarb pie fills the air of Kristen and Doug Mitrisin’s home in Rowlett, Texas. It’s a warm summer day, and their daughter Amber, a senior at University of North Texas, has just walked in as the doorbell chimes. Kristen announces that their eldest son and daughter, [...]

By Jenny Pope
Tina Gay and Sarah Woody are best friends.  They linger over coffee at Starbucks, make weekly phone calls to relive the drama of their favorite TV show or discuss the frustrations of teaching, and they’re even training together for a marathon. They have a lot in common, too. They’re vivacious and opinionated, hard-headed [...]

By Jenny Pope
Buckner International
A lot can happen in eight years. Lindsey Rattan went to college, graduated, got married and started her career. But before she did any of that, she had a baby.