Membership Information
The North Carolina Fossil Club offers both Individual and Household memberships. Benefits of membership include:
- Access to the member's only section of the website
- Access to current and past issues of JANUS online
- Voting privileges in Club business matters
- Eligibility to go on Club sponsored Field Trips with signed waiver
The North Carolina Fossil Club is a non-profit club that was formed in 1977 and has grown over the years to over 300 members. The club goes on several trips each year to various locations ranging from Maryland to South Carolina, and has gone on more far-ranging trips to Pennsylvania, New York, Florida, Alabama, Arkansas, Texas, Colorado, Utah, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio. Children are welcome on some trips.
Meetings
The NCFC has general club meetings at 1:30PM on the third Sunday of January, March, May, July and September usually at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh. Each meeting includes a guest speaker or other fossil related program followed by a general business meeting and a "show and tell" period. Guests are welcome.
Learning
People with all degrees of knowledge about fossils are welcome in the club. Most members learn by watching others, studying other's "finds", reading fossil books or just asking questions. Three fossil books written by fossil club members are available for purchase at most meetings. Fossil fairs are also good places to learn.
Fossil Fairs
Fossil club members participate in a number of fossil fairs each year. The Aurora Fossil Festival is held each spring in Aurora, NC (Memorial Day weekend). The NC Fossil Fair is held the first Saturday in November at various locations around the state. During these fairs, members show their own collections and participants may bring their fossils for identification by visiting paleontologists from the Smithsonian Institution and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences. There are several different lectures and/or demonstrations during the fairs for everyone's enjoyment and education.
Join
Membership in the North Carolina Fossil Club is on a calendar year basis starting in January. New memberships paid January through December apply to the current calendar year only, and must be paid again to apply to the following year.
Annual NCFC Membership Dues
| Membership Type | New | Renewal |
|---|---|---|
| Individual | $20.00 | $15.00 |
| Household | $25.00 | $20.00 |
Memberships can be purchased by downloading and completing a membership form and mailing it with payment to the following address shown on the form. Make all checks payable to NC Fossil Club. You may also request a membership form by writing to the following address:
North Carolina Fossil Club
P.O. Box 25276
Raleigh, NC 27611-5276