LISTEN Awesome Sauce: The VA Book Lady

Every morning Matt'n'Aly like to start your day on a positive note with #AwesomeSauce Monday-Friday at 6:10am - because who couldn't use a little good news?

You can listen to Matt'n'Aly's AwesomeSauce below.

It's no secret teachers are literal superheroes who are severely underpaid...in our opinion.

Jennifer Williams is known as "the book lady" around Danville, Virginia and for good reason!

Jennifer is on a mission to donate one million books to area kids.

Everywhere she goes she hands out books to all of the kids she meets.

She just reached a major milestone too: she's given away over 900,000 books!

So how does Williams afford 900,000 books on a teachers salary?! She teaches fifth grade and also tutors.

She started handing out books to kids in 2017 and even has a few donors helping her.

Williams explains one of the reasons she does it,
"Their vocabulary, their ability to answer questions, their ability to relate to concepts -- all of those skills are markedly different when [kids] have access to books."

Sponsored Content

Sponsored Content