Staffing Changes
We hired Shelver and Substitute Clerk Greg Fox in a 20 hour/week Library Clerk position. You will see him regularly Sunday, Monday and Tuesday at the Sandy Library. Also Kimberly Gomez-Ruelas is now a Substitute Clerk (previously a Shelver and Substitute Clerk). Kimberly will have regular shifts at Sandy Library Tuesday and Wednesday, and at Hoodland Library on Saturday. Kimberly also helps to lead our literacy and STEM programs at Vista Apartments on Thursday. Congratulations Greg and Kimberly!
Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS)
DHS is back in the Library starting in May! Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00am – 3:00pm. DHS helps families meet basic needs and work towards self-sufficiency.
Computer Users
Sandy 475 sessions
Hoodland 118 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 – 30 users printed 121 jobs (430 pages)
Hoodland – 13 users printed 57 jobs (243 pages)
Library Cards Sandy patrons created 13 ecards (92 new library accounts in person), Hoodland patrons created 15 cards in person.
Checkouts
Sandy – 2525 sessions. Average 84 sessions/day (down from 85 last month) 9665 items
Hoodland – 617 sessions. Average 24 sessions/day (down from 26 last month) 2143 items
We checked out a total of 11,808 items(down from last month’s 12,340) through curbside pickup and browsing.
Kids Programs
Special
Dia del Nino – 198 kids and adults attended Children’s Day at Sandy Library.
Reading Tutoring – 8 one hour sessions of reading tutoring happened in April (2 tutors and 2 students).
Ongoing
Sandy After School Kids’ Club – 3 kids and 2 adults made catapults at the Make & Take program
Take & Make – 60 kids (50 Sandy, 10 Hoodland) picked up supplies for spinning tops. Our Take & Make kits for kids are available on the 15th with an additional video on Facebook in case you can’t make it to the Make & Take program!
Read to a Dog – Starting in May, this program will again be in person in the library!
Storytimes at the gazebo in Meinig Park returned in March!
Storytime 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.
Up, Down, and Around by Katherine Ayres
14 kids and 11 adults attended in Meinig Park
On Facebook – 38 views 1 comment
The Way Back Home – by Oliver Jeffers
11 kids and 10 adults attended in Meinig Park
On Facebook – 47 views, 2 reactions
Unicorn Thinks He’s Pretty Great by Bob Shea
On Facebook – 46 views, 3 reactions, 1 comment
Monica Smith has been presenting storytimes for the weekly Wednesday Play Group at the Community Center.
Storytimes at Hoodland! presented by Molly Espenel
7 kids and 7 adults attended
Teen Programs
Special
Flashlight Egg Hunt – 150 teens came to Meinig Park with flashlights to search for eggs.
Ongoing
Take and Make – 53 teens picked up supplies to make paracord bracelets.
Anime Club – 6 teens attended to watch anime and connect with each other.
Adult Programs
Special
Senior Egg Hunt – 28 seniors attended. This program was in coordination with Community Center Staff
Computer Classes
Using a Keyboard and Mouse – 3 people attended
Computer Basics – 3 people attended
Internet Basics – 3 people attended
Ongoing
Take & Make – 60 people picked up Seed Bomb kits (50 Sandy, 10 Hoodland)
American Red Cross Blood Drive – 30 people attended, 24 units of blood collected (133% of expected). 72 lives potentially saved.
Writing Group – 11 people attended our twice monthly writing group led by volunteer Gary Dohrer. Gary is a retired English professor with over 30 years of experience teaching writing and literature.
Book Clubs
Digital Book Club – 3 people discussed Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
Women’s Book Club – 11 people discussed While Justice Sleeps by Stacy Abrams
Men’s Book Club – 8 people discussed Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire by Kurt Andersen
Public Notary – Hoodland 6
Displays
April was Financial Literacy Month. What’s in your wallet?
Exhibits
Hanging at Hoodland until June 6th is the work of local Welches photographer Julie Zaremskiy.
