Charlotte Mecklenburg Library outreach team developed barbershop-based reading spaces and increased reading opportunities for boys of color in local communities
educational success
Flight Fund grant recipients cleared for takeoff
Established in 2023, the Flight Fund awards Library staff with financial support up to $2,500 for creating and expanding community activities that align with Library programming and equity priorities.
Verse & Vino’s tenth anniversary celebration
The tenth annual Verse & Vino brought together seasoned attendees, newcomers, library advocates and great authors in one room!
PNC Foundation awards $500,000 grant to bolster early literacy support for local children
Grant builds on PNC Foundation’s longstanding commitment to help prepare children from birth to age 5 for success in school and life.
Charlotte Mecklenburg Library and Teach For America North Carolina join forces to bolster equitable educational success
The two esteemed organizations strive to close the region’s opportunity gap via strategic collaboration
Learning Loss and the Library
As we begin to survey the landscape the pandemic has left behind, our focus has been pulled to the impact made on our national education system. Nationally, children returned to the classroom with at least six to eight months of learning and educational development lost to time. The great pivot from in-person to online revealed how ill-prepared U.S. education systems were for such a massive shift in teaching and learning.
But it also uncovered a well of resilience.
Vanguard/Campaign for Grade Level Reading invests in Parents Succeeding
Parents can be their children’s first and best teachers – but they need the tools.
Main Library: A Place of New Beginnings
“Libraries hold the tools and support to make dreams come true.”
(Re)Discovering the Library’s Importance in our Community
from Library trustee Charles Thomas
Libraries for All
Commitment to a more equitable community
Unlocking the Vault: Investing in Greater Access
Digitization for preservation and access
The Thrill of Reading all Summer
Summer learning opportunities help students avoid an academic “summer slide.”
Angie Thomas: Author, Activist, Inspiration
“If you change the world around you, you will find yourself changing the world.”
Hero Stories
Your Library is helping incarcerated teens recast themselves as heroes. And reading is the key.
Bringing History to You
Robinson-Spangler Carolina Room’s outreach programs inspire curiosity.
Library Welcomes Carowinds as Partner for Summer Break™ Program
Summer reading and learning is even more fun.
Get Ready With Words Graduates
Funding from PNC supports multidisciplinary vocabulary-building program.
Belk Foundation Invests in Efforts to Double 3rd Grade Reading Proficiency
Active Reading empowers caregivers to support young readers.
