National Library Week is in April, and Libraries in Clackamas County celebrated with Food for Fines! Sandy collected for the Sandy Community Action Center, Hoodland collected 72 lbs for Neighborhood Missions.
Kids Programs
Special
Dia de los Niños/Children’s Day – 278 people came to take part in the celebrations! A big thank you to all our partners who took part in the day. We gave away books, had many activities, music, a balloon artist, and snacks.
Ongoing
Wy’East Artisans Art Club – 73 kids worked on a project called Taking Care of Oregon, painting on 10 recycled canvases.
Saturday Afternoon Kids’ Club:
LEGO Club – Sandy 32 kids and parents, Hoodland 6
Pokemon Club – 18 kids and parents
Art Club – Hoodland 10 kids and parents came to make marbleized paper and eggs using shaving cream (see photos below).
Storytime:
Wee Ones – 125 kids and parents
Preschool – 116 kids and parents
Hoodland – 12 kids and parents
Teen Programs
Special
Flashlight Egg Hunt – 260 teens attended the egg hunt in Meinig Park
Paint Nite – 13 teens
Planning for Haunt – 23 teens attended our Haunt planning meetings with Creatures of the Night
Ongoing
Anime Club – 55 teens
MakerSpace – 53 teens
Game Factory – 23 teens.
T-LAB – 12 teens
Adult Programs
Special
Author talk: Jane Kirkpatrick and Stafford Hazzelett – 95 people attended
Library Coffeehouse – 92 people attended to listen to the music of Fergheart. Thank you to Starbucks for the coffee donation!
Repair Fair – 74 people attended our first Repair Fair! This program was created in coordination with Stacy Ludington at Clackamas County Sustainability & Solid Waste, and the Community Center.
Poetry workshop and Poetry SLAM – 7 people attended our poetry workshop (and reading) with John Sibley Williams, and 51 people attended the Poetry SLAM. Congratulations to our winners:
Age 8-13: Isabella Grace Loeung with the poem, “Thicker than the Wall of China.”
Age 14 – 18: Elizabeth Loeung with poem, “Perception’s Twisted Truth.”
Adult: Jexi Keith with the poem, “Settling in.”
Overall winner: Molly Izer with the poem, “Battle Cry.” Molly is from the 14-18 age category.
Moderator Scott Poole with the Poetry SLAM winners! 
Open Mic Poetry (Hoodland) – 7 people attended to listen to poetry and encourage one another.
Senior Egg Hunt – 27 people attended to hunt for eggs in the library. 6 people won gift certificates for local businesses, everyone else got candy (including sugar free!) for their eggs, and had coffee and breakfast snacks.
Basket Making – 8 people attended and took home colorful spring baskets they made themselves.
SEED LIBRARY
How to attract butterflies to your yard – 20 people attended this talk with Master Gardener Jim Kronenberg.
Plants and Popcorn – 8 people attended the film “Bees: Tales from the Hive” in this documentary series for gardeners.
Our Sandy Seed Library volunteers have been hard at work, separating the seeds from the chaff!
Basic Computer Classes – 3 people attended sessions on mouse & keyboard basics, and Internet basics with Librarian Maureen Houck.
Ongoing
Paint Nite – 18 people attended to paint step-by-step with Melissa Lawrence.
Book Clubs:
Men’s – 9 people discussed Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Hoodland – 8 people discussed Enchanted by Rene Denfield
Women’s – 6 people discussed Factfulness : ten reasons we’re wrong about the world – and why things are better than you think by Hans Rosling
Photography Group – Twenty-four hours in Sandy: 24 photographer and 24 photographs, one for each hour of a day in Sandy, to showcase the different perspectives of our town. This is a collaborative, community project designed to capture the essence of Sandy. Look for a book of 24 photographs and a display for the library wall.
Public Notary – Hoodland 2
Outreach
Ongoing
Vista Apartments – 45 kids did literacy and STEM activities in 3 weeks. We had special guests from Gresham City Council, with games and literacy challenges.
ESOL tutoring – 48 Tutors met with 53 learners on 23 days