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, […]
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 […]
Gracias a Winters Friends of the Library Una Clase de la Biblioteca de Winters: ESL para Cuidadores en Comunidades Rurales
por Patricia Willers, maestra de ESL En enero, febrero y marzo, cada viernes por dos horas, en la biblioteca en Winters Toni no apaga las luces después de la puesta del sol. Con dedicación y energía, 25 participantes vinieron a la sala de reuniones para aprender y estudiar inglés. Esta clase de ESL especial, ESL […]
2019 WFoL Highlights: Supporting our Library and Community
Please take a look at the highlights from this year and consider joining or renewing your membership today to continue our programs in 2020. Thanks to our members, volunteers, and donors we’ve helped our library and community in many ways in 2019. We started the year with a successful retreat in January that focused on […]
5 Reasons to Donate to Winters Friends of the Library
Winters Friends of the Library’s (WFoL) mission opens doors of opportunity to the Winters Community at the Winters Library and beyond. Here are five reasons you should donate to WFoL to help support the library and community. 1. Connect and Meet New Friends at the Library WFoL support brings programs to the Winters Branch Library […]
Change in 2018 WFoL Board Leadership
A new slate of officers for the 2018 year was elected at the Winters Friends of the Library Annual Gathering in November. Since that time, elected board president, Bianca Cox, needed to step down as she and her family pursue new life adventures. The WFoL Board and Committee Chairs evaluated options for replacing her position […]
New Logo for Winters Friends of the Library
Maybe you have seen our former green on green Winters Friends of the Library Logo over the years. Maybe you haven’t. Our all volunteer organization runs an amazing number of programs, events, and fundraisers to serve all ages in the community on all volunteer power. And we are an unusual Friends of the Library group […]
WFoL and Project Playground Partner to Rebuild the Stage
In 1989, the community of Winters joined together to finance, design, and build the beloved Wooden Park. This playground has been a place of discovery, recreation, and make-believe for two generations. Despite living past its anticipated life span of 25 years, the current play structure can no longer be patched up—it is in need of […]
Voice of the Wood Performs at Winters Community Library March 18, 2017
Don’t miss this Special Performance by Voice of the Woods, 3:30 p.m on March 18! Dianna Craig and Heidi Bekebrede will perform the stories of Sadako by Eleanor Coerr and Carlos and the Squash Plant / Carlos y la Planta Calabazza by Jan Romero Stevens. Click this link to read about why we love drama […]
Looking Ahead to 2017
The privilege we have in this country to borrow books from our public libraries is quite wonderful, really – it empowers all of us to keep on learning and exploring throughout our lives. – Elizabeth Taylor This privilege is quite wonderful and one of the big reasons all of the volunteers of the Winters Friends […]
Plans for Learning Garden at the Winters Community Library
Soon our Winters Community Library will have a beautiful Learning Garden which was made possible by your generous support and donations! Take a look at the plans and thank you for helping the Winters Friends of the Library make this wonderful addition to our Winters Community Library possible.
2016 Board Nominees Announced: Election November 2
The Winters Friends of the Library is an entirely volunteer run organization led by a dedicated and hard working board of directors. Each year at our annual membership meeting, held on the first Monday of the month of November, board members are elected for the following year. This year the election and gathering will be […]
