in 1992, hurricane iniki devastated kauai, and while much of the island has come back all the way, kekaha and its elementary school have not. >> when i went home, and this is 20 years later, they still had two shelves left in the library. i was shocked to see, after so many years they had not put the books back. i wanted to give back and didn't know how but the simplest thing that came to mind, let's start with the books, let's fill this library. >> working with a friend, may rose started spreading the word, asking for book donations, hoping maybe for 500. lemonade stand brought in a few but then things grew bigger and bigger, until may rose had collected ten times what she had dreamed of. >> over 5,000. >> reporter: and just last month, those 5,000 books completed a 2500 mile journey from the book shelves and basements of the bay area to the hands of some very grateful children in hawaii. may rose says though this is just the first of much work she plans to do to help the students of kekaha, helping make their journey to success seem not so far. >> it's this golden thread of connection t

"what adventures i have found on the tiny island of kauai. "i have truly become one with the natives, who found new courage to fight their oppressors." - we are not surrendering today! go back and tell your leaders that we will fight them until the end! [cheers and applause] - [sighs] you people just don't give up, do you? - "the american government finally gave in to the natives, "and had the mahalo rewards cards reinstated. "our two cultures, it appears, will once again live in peace." [cheers and applause] "with the war at an end, "our butters is able to have his hapa noa ceremony "and, with any help from the gods, become his old cheery self again." - and so it is with great honor that we recognize these two natives with their hapa loa. take your cards, boys. a puy loa hapa loa! apa a a hoo ha! - [blowing conch weakly] - it's finally over, young keiki. is your anger at rest? - yeah, i guess so. except it still doesn't change the fact that ben affleck gets to be handsome, talented, and then gets to go home and kiss jennifer lopez. - ben aff