Jan 3, 2012
Filed in Giving, Volunteering
By Lauren Hollon Sturdy
Buckner International
DALLAS – Outside the Dallas Convention Center, thousands of people huddled together, wrapped in blankets, waiting for 8:30 a.m. when the doors would open for the 8th Annual Christmas Gift 2011.
“We were told that some people even came the night before and camped out to make sure they had a good spot in [...]
Nov 16, 2011
Filed in Giving, Volunteering
By Lauren Hollon Sturdy
COPPELL, Texas—One teacher at the Coppell Dance Centre doesn’t miss a beat when it comes to protecting kids’ feet.
Keith Green, director of hip-hop at the studio, found a way to put his passion and talents to a creative use to collect shoes and money for Shoes for Orphan Souls and Buckner ministries [...]
Sep 14, 2011
Filed in Giving, Volunteering
By Lauren Hollon Sturdy
Buckner International
MIDLAND — More than 2,600 pairs of shoes were collected for Shoes for Orphan Souls at Rock the Desert this year, bringing the total for the last three years to around 16,000 pairs. The concert with a cause also brought in 349 pairs of new socks and $728.
Sep 9, 2011
Filed in Volunteering
COPPELL, Texas – Shoes for Orphan Souls, a ministry of Buckner International, has announced its first-ever running event to be held at 8 a.m. Oct. 8 at Andy Brown Park East in Coppell, Texas. The Cici’s Pizza Barefoot Run 5K and 1-mile fun run is open to children and adults, and shoes are considered “optional,” [...]
Jul 14, 2011
Filed in Volunteering
Sue Edwards, a dedicated Shoes for Orphan Souls volunteer and friend of Buckner, passed away last month after a two year battle with cancer.
She served for more than five years, first volunteering each Saturday packing shoes and, later on, supervising volunteer groups as a volunteer captain until her chemotherapy treatment left her unable to continue [...]
