Four new Chromeboxes added in the Fireplace Room! Paid for by the Friends of Sandy Library. Come get some work (or fun) done at the Library.
A Little Free Library sponsored by Sandy Public Library is up at Vista Apartments! A special thank you to volunteer Jim Freeman for building it.
Craft for a Cause
In partnership with Mt. Hood Hospice to provide warmth and comfort to patients receiving end-of-life care. Knit or crochet a shawl or lap blanket. In February & March we received 18 shawls and lap blankets. This program ended February 28th.
We collected Valentine’s Day cards for Seniors for Sandy’s Helping Hands. We received hundreds of cards – a great turnout!
Computer Users
Sandy 423 sessions
Hoodland 55 sessions
Mobile Printing Send prints from your smartphone, tablet, or laptop. Once the print job is sent, it will sit in a queue waiting to be released to print. Call the library on the same day to have staff release the print job. Pick up your prints in person or through our Curbside Service.
Sandy – 29 users printed 71 jobs (280 pages)
Hoodland – Printer was down this month – 5 users tried to print 12 jobs (25 pages). The printer is up and running again.
Library Cards Sandy patrons created 16 ecards (74 new library accounts in person), Hoodland patrons created 2 ecards (7 in person).
Checkouts
Sandy – 2274 sessions. Average 84 sessions/day (down from 85 last month) 8552 items
Hoodland – 570 sessions. Average 25 sessions/day (down from 27 last month) 2345 items
We checked out a total of 10,897 items(down from last month’s 12,223) through curbside pickup and browsing.
Kids Programs
Special
Gnome scavenger Hunt – 65 kids found all the gnomes, decoded the message and got a prize.
Ongoing
Sandy After School Kids’ Club – 2 kids and 1 parent attended our first Make & Take program
Hoodland After School Kids’ Club – no kids attended our first Make & Take program
Take & Make – 83 kids (50 Sandy, 20 Hoodland, 13 Vista) picked up supplies for paper plate mazes. Our Take & Make kits for kids will be available on the 15th as usual with an additional video on Facebook in case you can’t make it to the Make & Take program!
Read to a Dog – 4 kids read to a dog virtually
Look forward to Storytimes in Meinig Park returning in March!
All of the following videos were posted in our Facebook Group: Sandy and Hoodland Libraries – Storytime Parents Group. Use numbers were recorded after 1 week. All Storytimes were presented by librarian Monica Smith – unless otherwise noted.
A Big Bed For Little Snow by Grace Lin
On Facebook – 43 views, 5 reactions, 1 comment
Early One Morning – by Mem Fox
On Facebook – 37 views, 1 reaction
T is for Terrible – by Peter McCarty
On Facebook – 52 views, 2 reactions
Arthur’s Teacher Trouble (READ ALONG with Marc Brown | PBS KIDS)
On Facebook – 31 views
Storytimes at Hoodland!
9 kids and 7 adults attended
Teen Programs
Ongoing
Teen Space – no teens showed up to our first in person program after 2 years.
Take and Make – 48 teens picked up miniature canvases for our mini art showcase. Come into the library to view them in March!
Book Boxes – 10 teens received recommended reads through our book box program
Adult Programs
Special
Plant Swap – 55 people attended to bring a plant cutting to share or adopt a new one to take home.
Computer Classes coming up in April! Registration required.
Ongoing
Take & Make – 58 people picked up Intro to Soft Cheesemaking kits (49 Sandy, 9 Hoodland)
Book Clubs
Digital Book Club – 6 people discussed The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
Women’s Book Club – 7 people discussed The Book of Longings by Sue Monk Kidd
Public Notary – Hoodland 3
Exhibits
Love or Fear – Seven local artists work is hanging on the grey ramp wall at Sandy Library.
Hanging at Hoodland Library through April 5th is an exhibit of carved books by Melody Bush of Sandy.
