bookup provided students over 25,000 books free of charge. them on field trips to local libraries and bookstores and give them money to spend on books of their choosing. [laughter] >> just to see the kids genuinely exciting but still engaged in literature, that's really fantastic time for me. >> i actually want to be an author when i grow up and bookup fits in because it gives me ideas on how to be a good author. >> you have like a bad day and come to bookup and you finish it off on a good note, you are always optimistic. >> a book could actually tell you things that you never knew about yourself. >> kids need to see themselves as protected. they will always need that and they haven't always had the opportunity. i think you can see a lot of them are used to not seeing themselves and we are working with kids with color, a lot of children of color, you know, truly represents who they are. >> bookup continues to empower the most vulnerable and want to be able to bring this to more sites. ♪ ♪ >> when an organization is nationally recognized as th