Spring is in the air, and it’s the perfect time to get out into nature and get moving. Winters Friends of the Library is hosting a free online talk about great local hiking trails for families on Wednesday, March 17 at 7 p.m. Sarah Shin Madsen will share photos and talk about a few local […]
New WFoL Wednesdays Programs
Join us on the third Wednesday of each month at 7 pm for our new series of virtual programs with a local focus. If you are already on our mailing you will receive the zoom link in your weekly WFoL email newsletter on the Monday of the week of the program. If you do not […]
Tell Your Story Writing Contest for Yolo County Teens
We are excited to announce a new collaboration this year between Winters Friends of the Library, the Yolo County Library, and Stories on Stage. This program combines a writing contest for teens with an online presentation from author Reyna Grande on April 24. Essays must be submitted by March 25. Read on for submission and […]
Online ESL Class for Caregivers in Rural Communities| Una Clase Virtual ESL para Cuidadores en Comunidades Rurales
Online Beginning Life Skills ESL Class for Caregivers in Rural Communities written by Patricia Willers, ESL instructor In January of 2020, the Yolo County Library/Winters Community Library introduced an impactful new English class for community members, “Beginning Life Skills ESL Class for Caregivers in Rural Communities.” Following the successful first term, and thanks to the […]
Library Love Letters
Sharing some library love – present and past. If you want to add your love letter, send your story to reply@wfol.org or you may try adding it to the form on this post. Enjoy reading and sharing the library love! Ms. Rodriguez makes kids feel loved. Before the pandemic she welcomed kindergartners into the library […]
Free Fruit Tree Pruning Workshop Feb. 17, 2021
Did you enjoy the workshop? Please let us know what you thought using this form. https://forms.gle/zcsNgj5HSy6VBmpA8 Thanks! Your feedback will help us design future programs. Winters Friends of the Library hosted a free workshop on Fruit Tree Pruning and Training on Wednesday February 17th, 7-8 p.m. The workshop was led by Steve Radosevich, Yolo County […]
Tiny Library and WFoL Love Stories
We’ve been missing getting together at the library and at our events sharing stories and our love for all things library, literacy, lifelong learning, and community. We’ve been trying to think of more ways that we can connect with each other from afar. One of our Board members, Revalee Hemken, pointed out the wonderful model […]
Looking Ahead for 2021 Programs and Projects
The Winters Friends of the Library(WFoL) held its annual board retreat on Saturday, January 23rd, as a Zoom meeting, to plan their programs, projects, and fund raisers for the year. Library Report Scott Love, Assistant County Librarian, presented how the funds WFoL had raised for the library last year were spent. It paid for supplies, […]
Expansion of the Winters Community Library Teaching Garden
The garden expansion installation is finished, now it is time to hope for rain and watch our new plants grow and prosper. In Spring 2020, the garden partners (Yolo County Master Gardeners, Winters Joint Unified School District, and Yolo County Library) agreed to extend the existing teaching garden boundary east to the sidewalk along Railroad […]
Books for Babies Update
2020 has been a very challenging year for all of us and WFOL has really missed being able to host all of our wonderful events. However, one of our most beloved programs has not been canceled this year and that is our Books for Babies program. What is Books for Babies All About?? Fill out […]
2020 Year in Review: Highlights of WFoL Library and Community Support
Despite the hardship that our community has endured in 2020, WFoL continued to support library services and promote literacy and lifelong learning for our town. Please take a look at the highlights from this year and consider joining or renewing your membership today to continue our programs in 2021 Thanks to our 2020 Board who served […]
12 Days of Christmas Crafts
We found 12 festive crafts to make, and books to go along with each of them. Every book below is available to request from the library
