About Us


MISSION STATEMENT

Winters Friends of the Library is a volunteer support group whose purpose is to 

promote literacy, foster a love of reading, enhance the cultural life of the 

community, and encourage involvement in the library and its programs.


OUR PROGRAMS

Story Time
Toddlers and preschool-age children and their parents can enjoy story time at the library in English on Tuesday mornings and in Spanish on Wednesday mornings, from 10:30–11:00 a.m.  Each week has a different theme, with  stories, crafts, songs, and other activities.

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! / ¡Leamos!, reading tips and book suggestions, a one-year gift membership to Winters Friends of the Library for the whole family, and an 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.

Literacy Tutoring
Trained volunteers provide one-on-one tutoring for adults who want to improve their reading or English language skills.  To learn about volunteering, or to request a tutor, please call 530.505.4116.

Winters Shakespeare Workshop
High-school students work with a professional theater director to stage a Shakespeare play, complete with music, dancing, singing, costumes and sets, in an intensive four-week summer workshop. The play is performed at the open-air stage in Central Park and is free to the community.  For information, please call Mary Lou Linvill (795-3476) or email wsw@wfol.org.

Summer Concerts
Enjoy free outdoor concerts at the Rotary Park Gazebo in downtown Winters on Thursday evenings in July.  Great local and visiting groups play a wide variety of musical styles.  For information, please call Keith Cary (795-3173) or email concerts@wfol.org.

Family Holiday Festival
Fun for the whole family on the first Saturday in December. Music, crafts to make and buy, visits with Santa, Mrs. Claus’ Kitchen, wreaths, and children’s books for sale. For information, please call Mary Lou Linvill (795-3476) or email linvillpederson@charter.net

Winters Tales
Winters Tales is an ongoing oral history project to collect and share stories about life in Winters. For more information, please call Diane Cary (530-795-3173) or email dscary@ucdavis.edu.