BMPR and Books: Abby in Action!

Talk about a banner way to kick off

Abby’s Book Corner – San Antonio!

Thanks to The BMPR Social Media Community, books were piling up at

the Holiday Inn Airport Tuesday…

(a special thank-you to Donna Tuttle, who had the idea to ask BMPR attendees to bring books for the kickoff,

and to Davis Staedtle who upp’d the ante with his iPhone/iTouch/iAwesomeness)

Abby’s Book Corner-San Antonio is off to a great start!

** Note: Abby’s Book Corner – San Antonio now has its own Amazon Wish List!

Boxes of Books for Abby's Book Corner - San Antonio

Abby’s Book Corner: San Antonio Style

Abby’s Book Corner: San Antonio Style – It’s a Happenin’ Thing!

While the 2nd Annual Book Drive is underway in Dallas, we’re making plans for Abby’s Book Corner to expand into South Texas!

And – here’s the really awesome part – the books donated in South Texas will stay in South Texas,

benefiting Methodist Children’s Hospital of South Texas!!

It’s what my sister-in-law calls “Abby in Action.”

Abby’s Book Corner: November 2009 Book Drive Update

Hers is a story that has touched hundreds of people.

She's got the giggles...

Our Darling Abby – the firstborn daughter of my brother Will & sister-in-law Mary – died in May of last year after a brief, torturous bout with a non-vaccine strain of bacterial meningitis.

Although she only spent 13 months on this Earth, her presence is felt every day. Not just in the hearts of the family who miss her so much, but in the spirit of strangers soothed by the work done in her memory.

Books. Games. Activities. Movies.

All that and more, part of the enduring promise by Will & Mary – and our extended family – to bring Abby’s Book Corner to life for hospitalized children and their families.

Mary calls it “Abby in Action.”

And now, Abby’s Book Corner is growing exponentially!

Abby’s Book Corner: 2009 Donation Drive

May 12, 2008.

Our family will never forget that day. It went on forever.

It was the day my brother and sister-in-law Will & Mary lost their beloved Abby.

It was the day we all – the Kearneys and the MacHuttas, our extended family and our family of friends -

lost our beloved Abby.

But something magical happened in the midst of missing her so much…

Through their younger daughter Victoria, Will & Mary found – in their words – “a reason to smile again.”

And, as an ongoing tribute to their older daughter Abby,

they launched an effort that is bringing comfort to other families.

Now – again – it’s your turn to be part of the magic of Abby’s Book Drive.