Buckner Baptist Benevolences is one of the largest private social-care ministries in the nation, serving approximately 70,000 people each year. Buckner is highly diversified, offering child and family services, such as domestic adoption, foster care and summer camps; orphan care, including donations and international adoption services; and retirement living communities. These activities are carried out through Buckner s operating arms: Buckner Children & Family Services, Buckner Orphan Care International and Buckner Retirement. Buckner Baptist Benevolences traces its roots back to 1879 when Robert Cooke Buckner, a Baptist pastor, opened the Buckner Orphans Home. It maintains its corporate offices in Dallas and numerous child and family services offices and retirement centers throughout Texas. The company also maintains orphan care locations internationally in such countries as Botswana, Mexico, China, Russia and Kenya.