Library Activities: October 2019

Kids Programs
Special
Trick or Treat Trail – 1598 kids and parents

Dia de los Muertos – Hoodland 26 kids and parents

Ongoing
Wy’East Artisans Art Club – 100 kids and 41 parents

Saturday Afternoon Kids’ Club:
LEGO Club – Sandy 10 kids and 7 parents, Hoodland 3 kids and 2 parents
Art Club – Sandy 2 kids and 1 parent, Hoodland 3 kids and 1 parent
Pokemon Club – 3 kids and 2 parents

Storytime:
Wee Ones – 99 kids and 72 parents
Preschool – 62 kids and 57 parents
Hoodland – 5 kids and 4 parents

Reading Tutoring – 4 tutors met with 5 kids

Teen Programs
Special
Library Haunt – 589 people attended!
Library Haunt volunteers – between 25-35 teens each time (211 total), between 7 and 27 adults each time (106 total)

Ongoing
TeenSpace – 97 teens (29 made mug cakes!)

Teen Library Advisory Board – 11 teens

Adult Programs
Special
Library Coffeehouse – 58 people attended to listen to the music of Rebecca Conner and Leon Cotter. 23 people stopped in to the 24 hours in Sandy book release reception. Everyone got to enjoy the photos from 24 hours in Sandy hanging on the ramp wall. Thank you to Mountain Moka for the coffee donation!

Zero Waste Lifestyle – 17 people attended to hear science teach Renae Gregg talk about sustainable living.

Ongoing
Paint Nite – 20 people attended to paint step-by-step with Melissa Lawrence.

Book Clubs:
Men’s – 10 people discussed Windigo Island by William Kent Krueger.
Hoodland – 14 people discussed Don’t let’s go to the dogs tonight by Alexandra Fuller.
Women’s – 7 people discussed Nowhere to Run by Mary Jane Clark.

Photography Group – 3 people attended to take photos of the Library Haunt

Public Notary – 3 Hoodland , 1 Sandy

Outreach
Ongoing
Vista Apartments – 69 kids did literacy and STEM activities. Balance activities, Dia de los Muertos crafts, reading, and challenge worksheets.

ESOL tutoring –

Department of Human Services – 4 people got general information and assistance with SNAP benefits.

Training
All Clackamas County Libraries closed on October 14th, for our 4th all LINCC staff training day. The theme was Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Keynote Speaker was Tricia Brand, Chief Diversity Officer for Portland Community College.

Other Speakers included:
Bryce Kozla, Youth Services Librarian for Washington County Cooperative Library Services
Hayden Bass, Outreach Program Manager for Seattle Public Library
Aryn Zanca, Program Manager for The Living Room
Kathy Turner, Regional Promotion and Prevention Coordinator & Galli Murray Youth Suicide Prevention Coordinator for Clackamas County.

Plus -our very own Monica Smith ran a session on meditation, Katie Murphy was part of an unconference that centered on discussion. Many thanks to Thea Ellen who is on the Innovation Committee and spent many hours to plan the day and help it run smoothly!