Library Activities: January 2020

Kids Programs
Special
Teddy Bear Sleepover – Sandy 20 kids and 20 parents, Hoodland 4 kids and 5 parents

Ongoing
Wy’East Artisans Art Club – 70 kids and 30 parents

Saturday Afternoon Kids’ Club:
Pokemon Club – 15 kids and 7 parents
LEGO Club – Sandy 10 kids and 9 parents, Hoodland 2 kids and 1 parent
Science Saturday – 20 kids and 9 parents – photo below – Harry Potter wands
Art Club – 7 kids and 4 parents

Storytime:
Wee Ones – 46 kids and 43 parents
Preschool – 60 kids and 50 parents
Hoodland – 2 kids and 2 parents

Reading Tutoring – 9 tutors met with 10 students on 6 days

Read to a Dog – 5 kids

Teen Programs
Special
Teen Paint Nite – 21 teens attended our last Teen Paint Nite.

Ongoing
TeenSpace – 93 teens. 21 attended our Virtual Reality (VR) TeenSpace! At this event they played single-player games like Beat Saber and multiplayer games like Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes.

Teen – Library Advisory Board (T-LAB) – 8 teens talked about teen programs and services at the Sandy Library.

Adult Programs
Special
Library Coffeehouse – 105 people attended to listen to the old-time string band music of Old Barn Preservation Society. Thank you to Mountain Moka for the coffee donation!

24 Hours in Welches reception – 36 people came to see and celebrate this project outcome with the Photography Group at Hoodland.

Gardening for Wildlife – 8 people attended this presentation by Suzi Cloutier, Stewardship and Communications Manager with the Clackamas River Basin Council. Suzi has spent the past 15 years combining her love of gardening and wildlife to make beautiful and functional places to help both humans and wildlife thrive together.

Seedy Saturday – 37 people attended this seep swap/seed giveaway. Happy gardening! A bit thanks to our Seed Library Volunteers for getting the seeds for this program organized!

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

Book Clubs:
Men’s – 11 people discussed Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
Hoodland – snowed out!
Women’s – 10 people discussed There There by Tommy Orange

Public Notary – Hoodland notarized 6 documents on 4 days.

Outreach
Ongoing
Vista Apartments – 63 kids did literacy and STEM activities. This month was about art. The kids worked with clay and yan, and completed challenge worksheets.

ESOL tutoring – 38 tutors met with 42 students on 21 days.

Department of Human Services – Assisted 21 people with Oregon Health Plan (OHP) and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits applications.

Exhibits
Hoodland Library currently hosts the rustic window photography of Lone Ballentine. Come viw this art through April 8th.