Summer Reading 2022 has started!
Read Beyond the Beaten Path with us this summer.
Photos on Loan
The Sandy Library currently has two photos on loan from Daniel Stevens aka the Sandy Mountain Man. Come see his storytelling at our first Summer Reading program at the gazebo in Meinig Park on June 29th at 2pm.
Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS)
DHS is back in the Library in May! Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00am – 3:00pm.
Computer Users
Sandy 455 sessions
Hoodland 114 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 – 16 users printed 40 jobs (165 pages)
Hoodland – 15 users printed 65 jobs (210 pages)
Library Cards Sandy patrons created 22 ecards (87 cards in person) Hoodland patrons created 2 ecards (12 cards in person).
Checkouts
Sandy – 2487 sessions. This averages 83 sessions/day (down from 84 last month) 9439 items
Hoodland – 581 sessions. This averages 23 sessions/day (down from 24 last month) 2099 items
We checked out a total of 11,538 items(down from last month’s 11,808) through curbside pickup and browsing.
Kids Programs
Ongoing
Vista Apartments – 57 kids made monsters, banjos, and as a special treat made books with volunteer Florence Adee.
Sandy After School Kids’ Club – 7 kids and 5 adults made LEGO creations at LEGO Club and did Scratch Art at the Make & Take program
Take & Make – 65 kids (50 Sandy, 15 Hoodland) picked up supplies for scratch art. 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!
Reading Tutoring – 7 one hour sessions of reading tutoring (2 tutors and 2 students).
Read to a Dog – 4 kids read to a dog in person in the library!
Storytimes
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.
Higher! Higher! by Leslie Patricelli – presented by Shara Sala of Todos Juntos
6 kids and 3 adults attended in Meinig Park
On Facebook – 25 views, 2 reactions
Duck on a Bike – by David Shannon
8 kids and 13 adults attended in Meinig Park
On Facebook – 40 views, 1 reaction
Pete The Cat: I Love My White Shoes by James Dean
6 kids and 8 adults attended in Meinig Park
On Facebook – 38 views, 1 reaction, 1 comment
Bee: A Peek-through Picture Book by Patricia Hegarty
16 kids and 12 adults attended in Meinig Park
On Facebook – 23 views
Wednesday Storytime at Play Group in the Community Center. 28 kids and 18 adults attended.
Storytimes at Hoodland Presented by Molly Espenel. 16 kids and 11 adults attended.
Teen Programs
Special
Free Comic Book Day – 57 people attended
Ongoing
Take and Make – 49 teens at Sandy and 12 at Hoodland picked up supplies to make bath bombs. Teen Take & Makes are available starting on the 1st of the month.
Anime Club – 20 teens attended to watch anime and connect with each other.
Adult Programs
Special
Spring Celebration – 13 people attended (it was cold and rainy!)
Repair Fair – 12 people attended
What’s the Buzz – Bee City USA Program with Master Gardener Kris Lamar
Part 1 – 11 attendees
Part 2 – 4 attendees
Ongoing
Take & Make – 60 people picked up Natural Beeswax wraps kits (50 Sandy, 10 Hoodland). Adult Take & Makes are available starting on the 15th of the month.
American Red Cross Blood Drive – 20 people attended, 15 units of blood collected
Writing Group – 15 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.
ESOL Tutoring – 2 – 1 hour sessions (1 tutor and 1 student)
Book Clubs
Digital Book Club – 3 people discussed The Pearl That Broke Its Own Shell by Nadia Hashimi
Women’s Book Club – 8 people discussed The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Men’s Book Club – 10 people discussed Homeland Elegies by Ayad Akhtar
Public Notary – Hoodland 3
Exhibits
Come see the linoleum block prints of Chelsey Hawkey at Sandy Library before August 29th.
