It was announced in October that Friends of the Alamance County Public Libraries was a 2011 recipient of the prestigious Frances B. Reid award. Frances B. Reid was the guiding force in organizing and establishing the Friends of North Carolina Public Libraries (FONCPL) organization in 1980.

The criteria that enabled our group to be singled out were:

•  The success of Alamance Reads-"The Pleasure Was Mine";
•  Book selection committee was diverse and incorporated a blog; 
•  Significant savings in cost of books allowed us to sell at a reduced rate selling 500 more books than in previous years; 
•  Used social networking (Facebook and Twitter), created project website and new Friends website; 
•  Held great supporting events-writing workshop, BBQ square dance, craft project, community mural.

Thanks again to all the volunteers that made this happen. We could not have done it without you!