The library was given a collection of painted rocks with (mostly) kids book characters on them! These have been painted by a local person who prefers to remain anonymous. Another library supporter offered to make a display case for them. Below is the finished product. We can’t wait for patrons to get back into the library so that they can peruse the shelves of books!

Kids Programs
Special
Dr Seuss’ Birthday – Special LEGO Club 16 kids and 13 parents

Ongoing
Wy’East Artisans Art Club cancelled due to illness and COVID-19

Saturday Afternoon Kids’ Club:
Art Club – Hoodland 9 kids and 7 parents
Pokemon Club and Science Saturday cancelled due to COVID-19

Storytime:
Wee Ones – 20 kids and 19 parents (first 2 weeks)
Preschool – 7 kids and 5 parents (first 2 weeks)
Hoodland – 1 kid and 1 parent (first week)

Reading Tutoring – 7 tutors met with 10 kids (first 2 weeks)

Teen Programs
Ongoing
TeenSpace – Monday 20 teens (first 2 weeks)
Wednesday 41 teens (first 2 weeks)

Adult Programs
Special
Library Coffeehouse – 56 people attended to listen to the music of. Steve Hale  Thank you to Mountain Moka for the coffee donation!

Ongoing
Book Clubs:
Men’s – 9 people discussed Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by  William Shakespeare.
Hoodland – postponed due to Covid-19.
Women’s – postponed due to Covid-19.

Public Notary – Hoodland 4 (first 2 weeks)

Outreach
Special
Lil’ Cubs’ Preschool – 2 groups with a total of 23 kids and 17 adults visited the library for storytime, and a tour with our children’s Librarian Monica Smith.

Ongoing
Vista Apartments – 16 kids did nature worksheets and activities. (first week)

ESOL tutoring – 16 tutors met with 19 students. (first 2 weeks)

Department of Human Services – 5 people were seen in the first 2 weeks of March.  They were given applications and housing assistance.

Meetings
Sarah McIntyre attended a Oregon Public Library Director meeting in Newport Oregon.  It was the first Friday in March, and we were just starting to realize that Covid-19 was going to affect us.  Beaverton had one of the only official known cases of the virus in Oregon.

What we are doing during our closure
A few of us have been working in the library each day since we closed to the public on March 16th. Here are some photos of what we have been sorting and doing!

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We can’t wait to share our virtual program statistics for April with you! Stay tuned!

CIty Events
SAM Anniversary – Monica and our volunteer talked with 19 people.  9 kids did the craft based on Mo Willems book Don’t let the pigeon drive the bus! 

Fire Extinguisher Training – 9 library staff attended this City-wide training.

Kids Programs
Ongoing
Wy’East Artisans Art Club – kids 

Saturday Afternoon Kids’ Club:
LEGO Club – Sandy 15 kids and 9 parents
Science Saturday – 11 kids and 7 parents came to make DIY fidget spinners!
Pokemon Club – 3 kids and 2 parents
Art Club – Sandy 5 kids and 2 parents, Hoodland 3 kids and 3 parents

Storytime:
Wee Ones – 74 kids and 56 parents
Preschool – 44 kids and 35 parents
Hoodland – 6 kids and 5 parents

Reading Tutoring – Our reading tutoring program is getting into the swing of things! 
Sandy – 17 tutors met with 21 kids! And we started reading tutoring in Hoodland – 1 tutor met with 1 student.

Read to a Dog – 2 kids

Teen Programs
Special
Teen Lock-In – 52 teens

Life Skills Class – 6 teens

TLAB – 5 teens 

Creative Writing Workshop – 9 teens attended our first writing workshop with MFA Bree Bender. 

Ongoing
TeenSpace – 149 teens!

Adult Programs
Special
Library Coffeehouse – 76  people attended to cheer on their friends and neighbors at an Open Mic night.  Thank you to Mountain Moka for the coffee donation!

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Art Supply Swap – 20 people came to swap art supplies with the library and each other.

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Mindfulness: Being in the Present – 14 people attended this lecture by Emily Teiko Cartoun and Moica Smith of the Wy’East Zen Center

Sandy Seed Library our seed library volunteers are still busily getting everything ready!

Ongoing
Paint Nite – 27 people attended to paint step-by-step with Melissa Lawrence.

Hiking in the Alps – 24 people attended to hear about a trip that Elaine Russell, Library Assistant and her friend Ann Rogers took to Switzerland, Italy, and France.

Book Clubs:
Men’s – 10 people discussed True Grit by Charles Portis.
Hoodland – 8 people discussed The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula Le Guin.
Women’s – 11 people discussed The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver

Photography Group – 8 people attended the lighting adventure.

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Public Notary – Hoodland 

Outreach
Special
Vista Apartments Resource Fair – 60 people attended to learn about community resources.

Ongoing
Vista Apartments – 66 kids did literacy and STEM activities, and challenge worksheets.  Plus they made bike smoothies with OSU Extension, Grape sculptures, and fish in the sea (creative snacks), and “shopped” at the “grocery store”.

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ESOL tutoring – 47 tutors met with 54 students

Department of Human Services – 10 people were seen. They got application assistance, information about the OHP, SNAP benefits, and eviction assistance.

Training
Portland Literacy Council Tutor Training – Katie Murphy and 4 of the ESOL volunteer tutors attended a workshop on Adult Basic Skills/GED and English language learners at Clackamas Community College.

Exhibits
Wy’East Artisans Art is currently hanging at Sandy until the first week of July.

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