Programs
Teen
On November 10th, we held a Scholarship & Financial Aid Workshop in coordination with College Goal Oregon’s Lisa Brookshier, MBA & ASPIRE Access Specialist. The event included scholarship essay writing and application tips and hands-on-help with FAFSA applications from FAFSA pros. 8 people took advantage of this great opportunity.
Adult
On November 3rd, 9 people came to our film screening of Xmas without China.
On November 4th, 90 people came to our Library Coffee House featuring a folk anthology by Romeo and Carolee Carrera.
On November 12th, 11 people came to Mike Jordan’s author talk at Hoodland. Mr Jordan wrote much of his recent book at the Hoodland Library! FInd out more about Mike Jordan and his books here.
On November 13th, 30 people came to listen to the Peter Wigmore to hear about his family’s experiences during the Holocaust.
On November 14th, 26 people came to Tim Palmer’s author talk and slide show on the Rivers of Oregon. See more about Tim and his beautiful book here.
On November 17th, 22 people came to the film screening of feature-length documentary film Gaining Ground by Elaine Velazquez and Barbara Bernstein that tells personal stories of farmers making extraordinary changes in their farming practices to feed their local communities sustainably grown produce and grains. Find out more about this documentary here.
Ongoing Programs
Kids
7 kids read to the dog in November (we were closed one Thursday for Thanksgiving)
79 people attended Saturday Afternoon Kids’ Club in Sandy, and 11 attended in Hoodland.
86 people attended Preschool storytime and 114 attended Toddler Time in Sandy. 18 people attended storytime in Hoodland.
On November 7th we held our first quarterly (rather than weekly) Hora de Cuentos with Claudia Osario. 14 people attended this extremely vivacious storyteller’s program.
Teens
17 people attended Game Factory – our Teen coding club.
5 people came to out T-LAB (Teen – Library Advisory Board) meeting to help us plan our teen programs.
9 people came to Anime Club, and 1 came to Teen Book Club.
Adults
Our ESOL classes were very well attended right through our last date for this calendar year in November. Our last day of class was November 16th. We plan to start these classes up again January 10th. They will be held every Tuesday and Thursday from 12-1:30pm. We are also partnering with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints starting in January. They will be holding an additional ESOL class on Wednesday evenings.
10 people attended our Hoodland Book Group this month to discuss Girl on the Train.
7 Public Notaries were done in Hoodland.
Outreach
On November 10th, we talked to 21 people at the Headstart Family Night., We issued 6 library cards and checked out 2 books.
We did literacy activities with 62 kids and 12 adults at Vista Apartments.
Strategic Planning
Our final Strategic Planning Committee Meetings took place this month. The Strategic Planning Survey went live on December 13th. Take the survey here to help us determine our priorities going forward, it should take you about 10-15 minutes if you finish all the questions. 75 people have already taken the survey! I should have a Draft of the Strategic Plan for Sandy and Hoodland Libraries before the City Council in February.
Meetings
On November 17th, Thea Kuziemski and Sarah McIntyre met with Dylon Blaylock from Clackamas County as well as 5 other City officials within the County to discuss ways of maximizing our Social Media presences through working together.
On November 18th, Directors in LINCC (Libraries IN Clackamas County) met with Directors in WCCLS (Washington County Cooperative Library Services) to discuss regional policies, and share information.