Monthly Archives: January 2018

Library Activities: December 2017

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Strategic Planning Update!
View the Strategic Planning update in the area of Satisfy Curiosity.  Highlights include: 68.63% of people surveyed say that the programs at the library significantly enhance their leisure time, 98.69% of people say that they would recommend a library program to a friend.

Sandy

Hoodland

Giving Trees – Sandy
delivered 104 hats, scarves, gloves & mittens to the Sandy Community Action Center.  Hoodland delivered 90 items to the Hoodland Community Christmas Basket Program through the Hoodland Fire Department.

 

Kids Programs
Ongoing
Saturday Afternoon Kids’ Club – Sandy 42, Hoodland 2 parents and kids

StoryTime – Sandy Preschool 53, Wee Ones 105, Hoodland 36 parents and kids

Read to the Dog – 12 kids read to Ananda

Wy’East Artisans Art Club – 11 kids and parents (only held 1 week in December)

Teen Programs
Ongoing
Game Factory – 33 teens attended

Anime Club – 34 teens attended

MakerSpace – 28 teens attended

T-LAB – 6 teens attended (it was during winter break at school)

Adult Programs
Special
Library Coffee House – 73 people came to listen Lloyd Jones play the blues

Ongoing
Paint Nite – 20 people came to paint with Melissa Lawrence

Photography Group – 9 people came to learn about the underwater and boudoir photography of Kara Pesznecker Reavis

Hoodland Bookclub – 9 people came to discuss Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart

Public Notary – Hoodland 4

Outreach to Spanish Language
Vista Apartments – 31 kids and parents

ESOL Tutoring – We held our first group event with tutors and learners, sang holiday songs and had a meal together.  22 people attended!  26 learners and 27 tutors had sessions.

Two ESOL anecdotes:
One of the tutors had an extra ticket to the ballet. She invited one of the students to attend with her. The two women had a wonderful time, as well as a real world opportunity to practice English.
A 5 year-old at Vista Library program saw me handing out reminders to some of the kids re: the ESOL holiday gathering. She wanted to take one to her mom (who was not a student) and since the event was open to anyone interested in ESOL, I said sure, assuming it unlikely that the mom would come. Well the little girl did end up bringing her mom and the mom is now a student!

Art
Sandy Library is currently featuring the pinhole photography of Monica Smith, Librarian at Sandy Library!