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
Love Literacy is a local non-profit that promotes literacy for all students in Forsyth County.  Among their many initiatives, Love Literacy trains and supports volunteer tutors who work one-on-one twice a week with at-risk students in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School System. Our FCRA chapter collects and donates new books to put in the hands of these students so they will have books of their own and will grow to enjoy reading. 
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

The Winston-Salem Ronald McDonald House provides physical comforts and emotional support to children and their families who are being served at medical facilities in the area.  One of the ways they do this is by bringing hospitality carts to free clinics in Forsyth County.  Our FCRA chapter donates bilingual children’s books for the volunteers to give to the children visiting these clinics.  We also collect and donate soda can tabs to be exchanged for money to provide meals for families staying at the Ronald McDonald House.  

​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.