The North Carolina Fossil Club is a non-profit organization of over 300 fossil hunting enthusiasts from around the country.
Most members are from North Carolina.
The club sponsors between 6 and 8 fossil hunting trips each year in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. They also sponsor educational programs at schools, an annual scholarship for graduate students pursuing a specialty in paleantology, and they publish a quarterly newsletter with educational articles and tips. The N.C. Fossil Club organizes an annual Fossil Fair. This year the Fossil Fair will be held at the North Carolina Museum of Natural History in Raleigh, on Novermber 5, 1994. Representatives from the Smithsonian Institute will be on hand to answer fossil questions.