The graphic below just gives you a taste of the way your Big Day of Giving Donations can help our community all year long! Sign up for the newsletter and stay tuned to learn more about our upcoming #BigDOG2016 activities and to help us win big for Winters. Want to learn more about how your […]
New Library LINK Expands Collection
Have you ever tried to borrow a book from the library but it wasn’t available? Yolo County Library cardholders now have access to LINK+, a free resource-sharing library consortium, to browse and borrow more than 11 million books, CDs, DVDs and audiobooks from over 50 participating public and academic libraries in California and Nevada! “LINK+ […]
Yolo County Library Celebrates Día de los Niños/Día de los Libros in April 2016.
Día de los Niños/Día de los Libros is a nationally recognized initiative which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. The event emphasizes the importance of literacy for all children from all backgrounds and encourages libraries and community organizations to connect children and their families to diverse books, languages and cultures. Children who attend the […]
Sign Up Now for Teen Actors Workshop 2016!
Spend your summer evenings on stage! Make new friends as you create and perform a complete production of a play by Shakespeare! Actors, ages 13-19 can sign up now for the 2016 Winters Shakespeare Workshop – a 5-week intensive performing workshop, ending in a production of Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare. Director and actor, Andrew […]
WFoL 2016 Tree Sale Varieties
Here is the list for the WFoL 2016 Tree Sale to be held on March 5. Bare root fruit trees are generously donated by Sierra Gold Nurseries of Yuba City. Potted citrus are generously donated by Four Winds Growers of Winters. Limit 10 bare root and 2 citrus trees per customer for each purchase (you […]
Winters Friends of the Library Fruit Tree Sale March 5, 2016
Save Saturday, March 5 to do all of your tree shopping. The Winters Friends of the Library will be holding its annual fruit tree sale in Winters at the parking lot at Railroad Avenue and Baker Street from 9 am (members can enter at 8:30) until all the trees are sold, rain or shine. Bare […]
2016 Membership Cards Have Arrived!
If you have already joined, look for your card in the mail. Please post a selfie of you using your card at one of our local business supporters with the hashtags #loveyourlibrary and #wfol.org Don’t worry, you can still join! Click here to join! Thank you to our members and local business partners for helping […]
Quiz Show 2016 – Is Your Team Ready?
This year’s Quiz Show, the Winters Friends of the Library trivia-contest fundraiser, is set for Friday evening, February 26th at 7:00 pm at the Community Center. Teams compete in answering questions from a variety of categories ranging from science and nature to geography, to Winters trivia. The winning team earns a $200 prize and the […]
Happy New Year with a No-Host Volunteer Happy Hour
Happy New Year and a heartfelt thank you to all of our wonderful volunteers who are dedicated to promoting the library, literacy and lifelong learning in our community! We had amazing success in 2015. We plan to increase our impact in 2016, with your help, of course! Join us for a no-host Volunteer Happy Hour […]
Let’s Get Personal: My Library and Volunteering Love Story
Hi, my name is Lisa and I love libraries, learning, and doing good to feel good. Yes, I’m an annoyingly enthusiastic WFoL Volunteer and will be a member for life. I can’t help myself, I keep coming back for more. Little did I know when I moved to town in 1987, and stumbled into a […]
Winters Friends of the Library – Holiday Festival Sings! Library, Community and Literacy
Were you one of the more than 300 people enjoying songs, crafts, and delicious snacks at the 2015 Family Holiday Festival at the Winters Community Center? The annual Family Holiday Festival that the Winters Friends of the Library hosts and organizes each year on the first Saturday of December is one of our most well-attended […]
One WFoL Member’s Story of Support
I joined the Winters Friends of the Library(WFoL) when the organization was first formed in response to the temporary closing of our local branch of the Yolo County Library after the passage of Proposition 13 in 1979. I’d always enjoyed reading books, and I didn’t want to drive to Davis or Vacaville in order to […]
