Up With Books was awarded a $3,000 grant from the Monogram Loves Kids Foundation!  Thank you Monogram Foods for this generous donation and support of our mission. The Monogram Loves Kids Foundation  was created in 2010 as part of Monogram Foods’ commitment to give back to the communities in which it does business. Monogram Foods, its shareholders, team members, and vendors believe in sharing their resources and reinvesting in the communities where we live and work. Through th

A big thank you to the Nordson Corporation Foundation for their generous grant to Up With Books to bring new books to low-income children and encourage the joys of reading.   Thank you!! About Nordson Nordson Corporation delivers precision technology solutions to help customers succeed worldwide. We engineer, manufacture and market differentiated products used for dispensing adhesives, coatings, sealants, biomaterials and other materials; for fluid management; for test and in

Every Friday morning this summer we will be at the St. Vincent De Paul Food Pantry reading and distributing books to the children in the Fitchburg area.   Now that summer is here, we need to encourage children to keep reading.  Many children struggle with the "Summer Slide" once school is out and they no longer have access to books.  Six out of ten households do not buy a single book in a year.  Having books in their homes is a good step toward avoiding the summer slide and