December 2, 2002

GARY DYER, pastor of First Baptist Church of Midland, joins Buckner President Ken Hall, Buckner Family Place Program Director Anna Rodriguez and others to open Family Place. Buckner is a ministry affiliated with and supported by the Baptist General Convention of Texas.

Buckner Family Place opens in Midland area
___MIDLAND--Community leaders from Midland and Odessa joined officials from Buckner Children & Family Services to celebrate the opening of Buckner Family Place at Hearthstone Nov. 15.
___Buckner President Ken Hall called the dedication "an event that will change the lives of many in the Midland/Odessa area through the combination of the strength of a tested intervention program with a beautiful and safe living environment."
___Buckner Family Place at Hearthstone will be modeled on a similar Buckner program that opened in Lufkin in 1997. The Buckner Family Place program is designed as a welfare-to-work project that includes transitional housing. The goal is to assist single-parent families by providing safe, affordable housing and vocational training through local educational resources.
___Through Family Place, Buckner seeks to help participants break the cycle of dependence, reduce domestic violence and eliminate incidents of child abuse and neglect.
___Buckner Family Place joins the Hearthstone ministry, which has provided professional care for children and families facing difficulties in their lives in Midland since 1986. Hearthstone provides short-term residential care for children, crisis intervention for children and families, temporary shelter for runaway youth during conflict resolution and assistance with college and vocational training.
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