North Carolina Reading Association Conference:
What?   A conference which explores all things reading with keynote speakers, workshops, and opportunities to meet children's book authors
When?  March 15-17, 2026
Where?  Downtown Winston-Salem at the Benton Convention Center
Mark your calendars!  This is a wonderful professional development opportunity that's right in our own city!
Watch for more information in early 2026!
Scholarships are available for registered and active FCRA members, so ask if you want more information.

FCRA Projects:
Our chapter seeks to promote literacy for all children, and we join together in several projects each year to do this.

2025-26 FCRA Projects 
Love Literacy
We are looking forward to continued partnering with Love Literacy to help them collect books for their many book giveaway projects.  
1)  Contribute new children's picture books, chapter books, and novels from the Love Literacy Book Wishlist below.  Please bring these to any of our in-person meetings.
2)  Purchase books from Love Literacy's wish list online from Bookmarks, our local independent bookstore using this link:     Love Literacy Wishlist  
3)  Purchase books from elsewhere using the wishlist above.
4)  Donate Amazon gift cards to Love Literacy for purchasing books.  You can bring these to any of our in-person meetings.

Ronald McDonald House--Winston-Salem
We will continue to collect soda pop tabs at our in-person meetings to donate to Ronald McDonald House.
​They can trade these in for money to support their program.
If we have at least 20 registered FCRA members, we can apply for the Mary Ellen Skidmore Grant from North Carolina Reading Association to purchase books to donate for children staying at Ronald McDonald House to take home with them.  We have received this grant for many years and hope to keep doing so!
We will also be collecting board books and knitted baby caps to donate in bags for parents of newborns, so bring in those board books and let us know if you want to be one of our knitters!
Past FCRA Projects
Below are some pictures of past projects FCRA has done both locally and internationally.