Member Picnic

Sunday, June 9, 5-7 p.m.

Winters Community Center

Join us for a celebration of our wonderful members and their contributions to the library and the community!

Please bring a main dish, side dish, salad, or dessert to share. We’ll provide iced tea and lemonade.

Bring your own place setting (plate, cup, flatware, napkin—not disposable) and you’ll be entered in a drawing for fabulous door prizes!

Membership expired? —Renew at the door.

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Winters Shakespeare Workshop

Five-week summer acting workshop for teens ages 13-19

June 16-July 20   

Cost $250 (scholarships available) 

Perform in William Shakespeare’s comedy 

Midsummer Night’s Dream—set in Nashville! 

Information: (530) 795-3476 

Read for parts May 19

Download application at the bottom of this page  

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Armchair Travel Series

Winters folks share pictures and stories from 

their journeys to the far corners of the world 

Thursdays at 7:00 p.m.

Winters Community Library

No charge—donations welcome

Off the Shelf
May, 2013

    “To be or not to be” in the Winters Shakespeare Workshop?  That  is the question teens will be asking this month.  Signups are currently being taken for this workshop, sponsored by Winters Friends of the Library.  It’s a 5 week summer acting workshop (June 16-July20) for teens ages 13-19.  The cost is $250, but there are scholarships available.  And get your southern accents ready because the performance of Midsummer Night’s Dream will be set in Nashville!   The application deadline is May 10, and applications can be downloaded at the Winters Friends of the Library web site (www.wfol.org) .  For more information, call Mary Lou Linville at 795-3476. 
    The armchairs at the library continue to fly around the globe, thanks to the Armchair Travel Series that WFoL is hosting.  Starting at 7 pm on May 16 at the library we’ll travel to Croatia with Pat Thompson and Sweden with Stephanie Myers and Garry Douglas. Both presentations will be accompanied by slides of the regions.  In June Linda Glick and Elliot Landes will take us to Peru and Cedar Seegar will take us to Tibet.  Last month we learned fascinating tidbits about life in Pakistan and India.  The talks are free but donations are gladly accepted.   For more information, call Sally Brown at 795-3617.
    “Hey now!  Hey now!  Go to the library!”  Those words continue to resound in the heads of all those WFoLers who participated in our Youth Day parade entry this year.  And what fun we had as we danced down Main Street dressed in costumes from around the world, proudly waving the national flags, and the band (led by Keith Cary) playing Iko Iko.  Sally Brown organized the parade entry, and her costume closet is overflowing now.  We won Best Novelty Marching Unit because yes!  We were quite novel.  If you want to see for yourself, a video is posted on UTube. 
    Dia de lost Ninos on April 25th was a wonderful success.  The library was overflowing with children and adults as they listened to an author presentation, and they were wowed by Aztec dancers from Esparto.   Then it was on to crafts, snacks and read-alouds.  WFoL collaborated with library staff for this event.
    Want to have some WFoL fun?  Visit our web site (www.wfol.org).  There you can join our email list, find out about our monthly meetings, volunteer, choose one of 3 ways to donate, go shopping for WFoL donation books on Amazon, and even “like” us on Facebook.   And check out our Facebook page for some great pictures of the parade.
    Our monthly meeting will be May 6 at 7 pm at the library.  We try to keep it short, sweet, and fun.  So join us!  Everyone is welcome.   
       
 

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WFoL T-Shirts and Book Bags

Designed by renowned cartoonist Robert Armstrong

• 100% cotton 
  

• Men's and women's styles $15

• Children's sizes $10

• Book bags $12
  

Available at the Winters Library and Winters Visitor Center

All proceeds benefit the Winters Library!

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Books for Babies

We will send any new baby in town a free box filled with everything a baby needs to start enjoying books!  Each box contains

• two new baby-appropriate books
• baby T-shirt that says Let’s Read!
  
• reading tips and book suggestions
• one-year gift membership to Winters Friends of the Library for the whole family
• application for a Winters Library card.

The box is available in English or Spanish. To request a box for a new baby, please call Carol Scianna (530-795-2201) or email booksforbabies@wfol.org.

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Dedicate a Book

Support lifelong learning in our community by making a donation.

Click here to donate a book for $25 and create the inscription for a personalized book plate.

SIGN UP FOR OUR EMAIL LIST

Click here to join our email list to receive occasional emails about upcoming events. We will not sell or trade your contact information with any other organization.

JOIN the FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY

You can help make our library the center of learning and cultural heart of our community. Become a member of Winters Friends of the Library! Download a membership form to send in with your check.

COME TO A MEETING

WFoL monthly meetings are held the first Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at Winters Community Library, 708 Railroad Avenue, Winters. If the first Monday is a holiday, we meet the first Thursday at 7 p.m. at the library. Everyone is welcome!

MAKE A DONATION

Make a contribution to support lifelong learning in our community, to commemorate an important event, or to honor a loved one.

Donate by Mail

Send your donation to Winters Friends of the Library, PO Box 963, Winters, CA 95694.

Donate with PayPal

Click here to donate online with PayPal.

Donate when you buy groceries at Nugget

Nugget's scrip card program costs you nothing, is easy to use, and raises money for WFoL! To get a card to use at Nugget or some Food4Less stores, send us an email with your mailing address and we'll put one in the mail to you!

VOLUNTEER

We always welcome volunteers, whether they can work at a single event or become involved with ongoing programs. For more information, please call Linda Springer at 530-795-5001 or email lspring42@gmail.com.

Honoring Susie Swenson

WFoL has set up a special fund to honor Susie Swenson, a great friend of the library who passed away recently. Donations in Susie’s honor will go to support WFoL’s Books for Babies program, one of our most important and successful outreach efforts (see below for details). To contribute, send a check, made out to WFoL, to Winters Friends of the Library, PO Box 963, Winters, CA 95694. Be sure to indicate that your donation is for the Susie Swenson Fund. All donations are tax deductible. Click here to donate online with PayPal.