Winters Friends of the Library (WFoL) has seven Little Free Libraries around town that have been refurbished recently, and are now all back up and running. At the end of March, because of the pandemic induced shutdown, WFoL stopped maintaining the libraries that it sponsors. It was a good time to repair them and give […]
Register Now! Hot Spots and ESL Program
Registration deadlines for two programs to help families in Yolo County are approaching quickly! See below for details on the Hot Spots and Online ESL programs and how to apply before September 25, 2020. Hot Spots To help families access the internet to complete distance learning, Yolo County Library has purchased 100 hotspots with unlimited […]
Diving Back into Reading
Page Adventures: Fostering a Love to Read | a series by Crystal Apilado Skimming through the titles on book spines and pulling books off of the library shelf is one of my favorite childhood memories. From fantasy, horror, sci-fi, historical fiction–there was no limit to the number of book genre options available to choose from. […]
Summer Joys: Reading and Swimming
By Revalee Hemken My family did not have much extra cash when I was growing up in Redlands, California in the 50’s and 60’s. We didn’t have air-conditioning to combat the unbelievably hot summers. We didn’t have a bookshelf full of books to read. What would an avid reader do to survive June, July, August? […]
Winters Shakespeare Workshop 2020 The Virtual Season: A Comedy with Errors
Winters Shakespeare Workshop presents our first ever virtual show, A Comedy with Errors, on Saturday, July 18 at 8 PM. The community is invited to our live event streamed on our Winters Friends of the Library FaceBook page. Admission is free. Scroll down the page to watch the video of the show. Donations to support […]
Help Wanted! Social Media Volunteer to Join Our Communications Team
Of course you probably already know our small but mighty organization is powered by volunteers. Did you know that even the pandemic has not stopped our volunteer efforts? They may look different, but there is still lots to do even though we can’t gather in person. What’s Going On? Our WFoL Board continues to work […]
WSW Virtual Comedy with Errors – Your Turn!
WSW 2020 Virtual Challenge – A Comedy with Errors – You are invited to paritcipate!
Summer Reading Returns to Yolo County Library May 2020
Join Yolo County Library’s virtual Summer Reading Program, running from May 18 through August 28. Although all Yolo County Library branches are closed until further notice, children, teens and adults can celebrate this year’s theme, Dig Deeper: Read, Investigate, Discover, by logging their reading, earning prizes, and participating in special virtual programs and activities that […]
Thank You!
Thank you! Despite these challenging times, we saw an outpouring of support yesterday, and received over $10,000 in donations through the Big Day of Giving! This amount includes a generous donation of $3,000 in matching funds from an anonymous donor. All of these dollars will go directly to support the library and it’s programs as […]
Give Where Your Heart Is
The Winters Friends of the Library has participated in the Big Day of Giving for many years. Big Day is a regional day of fundraising for nonprofits. Our friends and supporters have been generous with their donations in past years, which we have used in myriad ways from buying books, computers, and other materials, to creating […]
WFoL Little Free Libraries Update
During the current stay-at-home orders, the Little Free Libraries around Winters are not being filled by WFoL volunteers, and that makes it a perfect time to refurbish them. All-around-handyman and volunteer extraordinaire, Bruce Bailey is doing just that. He removes one book-house from its pedestal and takes it to his home where he fixes the […]
Thanks to the Winters Friends of the Library: Yolo County Library/Winters Community Library Beginning Life Skills ESL Class for Caregivers in Rural Communities
written by Patricia Willers, ESL instructor This spring, Yolo County Library/Winters Community Library introduced animpactful new program for community members. Thanks to the generosity of Winters Friends of the Library, each Friday night mid-January to mid-March, the lights of the meeting room burned bright as participants came to study English as a Second Language. “Beginning […]
