Library Activities: July 2016

Programs

BiddyontheBench

 

The Library Coffee House took place on July 1st, and Biddy on the Bench played their Old-world Folk, Irish Traditional, Shanty music for an appreciative audience of 97 people.

 

Susie Jenkins led our adult Journal Writing class that began on July 2nd.  This was a four week class that 10 people attended.

July continued our Summer Reading Programs!  We held the following programs:

July 6- Dragon Theater Productions

Dragon Theater Productions

July 13- The Lego Guy

The Lego Guy

Performer Attendance
Sandy Vista Hoodland 
Dragon Theatre Productions 36 15 23
The LEGO Guy 54 21 20
Komedy 4 Da Kids 21 29
Olympic Science 25
Art with Becky 21

Tuesdays in July continued our Teen Tuesday’s Open Gaming Lab.  16 Teens attended throughout the month.

Actor’s Dojo presented Neil Simon’s Star Spangled Girl on July 13th for an eager audience of 22 people.

We held an informational/recruitment meeting for volunteers to help teach English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Classes.  25 prospective volunteers were there to learn about this exciting program under People, Places, Things, LLC.  We will be holding a student recruitment/pilot class from 6-7:30 on the evening of August 23rd!

Outreach

SipEatStroll

 

The Lunch Bunch, a group from Oral Hull wanted advice on how to begin a book club.  Maureen Skinner, Reference Librarian spoke to 20 people on July 16th.

The Library had a table at Oral Hull’s first Sip, Eat, Stroll fundraiser on July 23rd.  We spoke with 34 about library services.

Training

Chief Yamashita of the Sandy Police Department held a self-defense class for library staff.  We learned a great deal, and got practice hands on practice.

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