Giving Trees
Sandy – 38 hats, gloves, and scarves and 137 personal care products for the Sandy Community Action Center.
Hoodland – 106 hats, gloves and scarves for the Hoodland Community Christmas Basket progam.
Kids Programs
Ongoing
Vista Apartments – 66 kids and 4 parents – the theme was garbage and recycling. Kids did a scavenger hunt (finding info in books), an upcycled art project, and Clackamas County Waste Reductions Specialist Robert Jimenez-Sutton did a program on recycling and understanding food waste.
Storytimes:
Wee Ones – 60 kids and 54 parents
Preschool – 46 kids and 35 parents
Hoodland – 47 kids and 36 parents
Wy’East Artisans Art Club – 65 kids
Saturday Afternoon Kids’ Club:
LEGO Club – Sandy 11 kids and 5 parents, Hoodland 4 kids and 4 parents
Art Club – Hoodland 4 kids and 4 parents
Teen Programs
Ongoing
Anime Club – 17 teens
MakerSpace – 15 teens made lava lamps
Game Factory Coding Club – 11 teens
Adult Programs
Special
Dia de los Muertos – 128 people came to celebrate the Day of the Dead. We had cookie painting, crafts, a musician, and many organizations to assist with the program.
Ongoing
Coffee House – 46 people came to hear the new pianist John Nilsen.
ESOL Tutoring (English for Speakers of Other Languages) – 27 learners met with 21 volunteer tutors in 15 sessions.
Photography Group – 10 people came to share photos and photography problems members have been wrestling with.
Book Clubs:
Men’s – 9 people discussed Beyond Words: What animals think and feel by Carl Safina
Women’s – 8 people discussed The Wonder by Emma Donoghue
Hoodland – 9 people discussed Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Every Ending is a Beginning – 6 people came to hear Judith Ashley discuss how our lives from birth to death are a series of endings and beginnings.
Public Notary – Hoodland 5
Meetings
Sarah attended a joint LINCC (Libraries In Clackamas County)/WCCLS (Washington County Cooperative Library Services) Library Director’s meeting where we discussed the structure of both organizations and Strategic Planning.