A beautiful view of sunshine outside the Sandy Public Library! Thanks to Thea Ellen for capturing this.
Programs
Kids Special
Rendezvous with a Raptor – 69 people came to this great program presented by Hawkwatch International!
Kids Ongoing
Storytime – Wee Ones 158 parents and kids. Preschool 102, Hoodland 66
Wy’East Artisans Art Club – 42 parents and kids
Saturday Afternoon Kids Club – LEGO Club Sandy 21 Hoodland 16, MakerSpace Sandy 10, Art Club Hoodland 2
Read to the Dog – 6 kids read in 2 weeks. Our regular dog (Ananda) can no longer visit the library due to health reasons. We are working on getting another regular dog, until then, we have fill in dogs every other week.
Teen Special
Teen Lock-In – 67 teens attended for karaoke at Ant Farm and games and YouTube at the Library (we were competing with the Homecoming game at the High School).
Haunted Library “Asylum” planning – 62 teens attended planning meetings for the upcoming Haunted Library (October 19th – All Ages Welcome!)
Teen Ongoing
Anime Club – 43 teen attended
MakerSpace – 35 teens attended (20 at the marshmallow challenge!)
Adult Special
Cover Crops and Winter Vegetables – 28 people attended this Sandy Seed Library Program presented by Kris LaMar, OSU Master Gardener.
2 Weeks Ready – 25 people attended this Emergency Management talk given by our very own City Manager Kim Yamashita.
Medicare with Confidence – 7 people came to this program at Hoodland
Adult Ongoing
Library Coffee House – 85 people came to listen to the Bluegrass, Americana, and Traditional music of Kory Quinn and Bob Soper
Book Club – Women’s 14 people attended to discuss The Orchardist by Amanda Coplin, Hoodland 9 people attended to discuss Matters of Doubt by Warren Easley, Men’s 8 people attended to discuss Good Morning, Midnight by Lily Brooks-Dalton
Mt Hood Farmer’s Market – We talked to 47 people at the market, and gave out 15 seed packets. As of the end of September the library had checked out 2993 seed packets!
Photography Group – 8 people went on the Photography Walk to Buddha Kat Winery (see photos below) Thea also set up a Photography Club group showing at Antfarm. 9 people from the Club showed their work!
Public Notary – Hoodland 4
Outreach
Vista Apartments – 57 kids attended in 3 weeks to do literacy and STEM activities. Photos below are Vegetable Printing, Kid with Geo Board, Volunteer Reading with Kid.
ESOL – 17 tutors met with 21 learners in 7 sessions. One of our tutors used an English Language Cookbook with a learner to make fresh salsa!
Meetings – Library District Advisory Committee, Kathy Draine’s first official meeting as the Sandy/Hoodland representative.
Building
Banned Books Week is an annual awareness campaign promoted by the American Library Association and Amnesty International, that celebrates the freedom to read, draws attention to banned and challenged books, and highlights persecuted individuals. We had a great interactive Display at Sandy this year which asked people to mark down which banned or challenged books they have read.
We had a “White Table” or “Missing Man Table” at Sandy Library in Honor of National POW/MIA Recognition Day.