Jul 22, 2010
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ExxonMobil Interns Collect, Sort Shoes for Orphans
By Brittany Black
Buckner International
MESQUITE, Texas – Bridget Bennett was asked to donate five pairs of shoes for orphans as part of her service project for the ExxonMobil Community Summer Job Program, but she managed to collect 44.
“I thought, ‘Let’s get as many as possible,’” Bennett said. “I cleared out [...]
Jun 22, 2010
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By Analiz G. Schremmer
Montgomery, ALABAMA — More than 90 people from the One Voice Choir of First Baptist Church Montgomery herded into the Buckner Center for Humanitarian Aid on June 11 to sort shoes for orphans.
Jun 17, 2010
Filed in Giving
Click here to see what Buckner International’s Shoes for Orphan Souls is doing in the Rio Grande Valley.
Jun 16, 2010
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Brittany Black
ST. CHARLES, Illinois – If one shoe changed Cinderella’s life, imagine what a pair of shoes could do. The cast of Cinderella at Noble Fools Theatricals could not have come up with a more enchanting theme.
Beth Conrad, part of the shows public relations team and mom of a cast member, thought it would be [...]
May 11, 2010
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Analiz G. Schremmer
(DALLAS)—For the tenth year in a row, the Missouri Rotary District 6040 has come through for Buckner, bringing a donation of more than 20,000 pairs of shoes—right when needed most.
“Right now our shelves are empty from having sent out 50,000 pairs of shoes to Haiti and many other countries,” said Rachel Garton, director [...]
