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The 1st edition of Abby’s Book Corner Houston benefiting the Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital in the Texas Medical Center is coming to an end.

Hurry and drop off your books at the following locations:

Amy’s Ice Creams - 3816 Farnham Street | Houston, TX 77098-4002 | (713) 526-2697

Nick’s Place (near Westheimer and Gessner)- 2713 Rockyridge Drive | Houston, TX 77063 | (713) 780-8338

http://www.abbysbookcorner.com/houston.php

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I just found the audio (click on above player) from my appearance on the Ken Hoffman and David Nuno show last Friday on 1560 The Game KGOW. If you saw my tweet at the time, then you know we got Hoffy to talk about Ms. Sachse and then had her call in as a surprise! I also got corrected on how to properly say her name while she was on the line. Embarrassing!

There is also talk how Sachse’s co-anchor, Bill Balleza, made fun of Hoffman on the Channel 2 newscast recently. Hoffy is out for revenge!

Naturally it was all in support of Abby’s Book Corner which is collecting books right now for Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital.

After this surprise, I’m probably banned from the show forever.

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Donate your children’s books to help a Houston hospital

(Photo courtesy of dominiquesachse.tv)

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Abby’s Book Drive has collected a decent amount of children’s books, but we could always use more…that’s where you come in!

We have two drop off locations at your service:

Amy’s Ice Creams - 3816 Farnham Street | Houston, TX 77098-4002 | (713) 526-2697

Nick’s Place (near Westheimer and Gessner)- 2713 Rockyridge Drive | Houston, TX 77063 | (713) 780-8338

You can also donate through our Amazon.com wish list. Simply buy a book at this link and it gets shipped directly to the book drive.

A big special thanks to 1560 The Game KGOW. The station gave us a full week of coverage concluding with a live remote book drive! (Thanks to Chance McClain, David Nuno and Ken Hoffman)
Also thanks to KPRC Local 2’s Dominique Sachse and Jennifer Reyna for their support.

Abby’s Book Corner is collecting books for the library at Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital.

http://www.abbysbookcorner.com/houston.php

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Regular readers will recognize “Abby’s Book Corner” posts. Abigail “Abby” Kearney was my goddaughter who passed away from meningitis in 2008. Her parents have been working to build a library in her honor in Dallas.

They have been holding book drives for hospitals in Dallas and San Antonio. Now I am heading a Houston book drive benefiting the Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital in the Texas Medical Center.

WHAT WE NEED
New Children’s Book in English or Spanish — For age ranges from infant to young adult. We are also collecting coloring books, crayons, and DVDs.

WHERE TO DROP OFF BOOKS IN HOUSTON
Houston drop off location - Amy’s Ice Cream - We found a great spot located close to the center of Houston. Amy’s Ice Cream has a drop off box right near the door.

Stop by, drop off a bunch of books and enjoy some of the best ice cream in town! SEE THE POSTER

3816 Farnham Street
Houston, TX 77098-4002
(Near Highway 59 between Shepherd and Greenbriar - Houston)
(713) 526-2697
Click here for a map

DONATE ONLINE
Amazon.com — No time to buy a book? No problem. Search Abby’s Book Corner Wish List on Amazon.com to select a children’s book from the registry. You just browse the list of books, purchase and the donation is sent to the right place automatically. Houston wish list: CLICK TO DONATE

Check back for news on which big media outfit in Houston is helping out Abby’s Book Corner!

http://www.abbysbookcorner.com/houston.php

> Mike McGuff Blog

Regular readers will recognize “Abby’s Book Corner” posts. Abigail “Abby” Kearney was my goddaughter who passed away from meningitis in 2008. Her parents have been working to build a library in her honor.

They have been holding book drives for hospitals in Dallas and San Antonio. Now I am going to head one for Houston benefiting the Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital. This will be a combination of an online and real world book drive.

I wanted to place the drop off locations in a Houston chain that has locations all over our area. My first thought was one of my favorites…Freebirds. I contacted the restaurant’s California corporate parent email address and have not heard anything back in several weeks. Scratch that off the list.

Does anyone have any ideas of another chain that fits my needs? The business that gets the drop off boxes will get some publicity out of this thing!

http://www.abbysbookcorner.com/

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- Update on Abby’s Book Drive
- A Dallas baby’s death inspires giving — one book at a time
- Abby’s book drive, how you can help

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