Keep your neighbors warm this winter. Bring new or handmade hats, scarfs, and mittens to decorate our trees at the Sandy and Hoodland Libraries. They will go to Sandy Community Action Center and Neighborhood Missions for their Christmas food boxes.
The Library and Friends of Sandy Library Booknook are ready for the Holidays! Come in to check out or buy a few of your favorite reads.
Don’t forget to return your homemade cards to the libraries by December 18th! They will be delivered to Meals on Wheels recipients and Avamere locations to brighten up a senior citizen’s holiday.
Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS)
DHS is in the Library. Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00am – 3:00pm for drop-in assistance.
Facebook, Instagram, and Library Blog
1307 likes on all Library posts on Facebook this month (up 25 from last month)
731 Followers on Instagram (up 12 from last month)
Top Instagram Posts (by accounts reached):
Craft for a Cause – 134
Seed Library Donation(from Portland Nursery) – 123
Board Games, Library of Things – 111
28 visits to Oregon Flora Exhibit(call for artists) on our Blog, 24 visits to Hat, Scarf, and Mitten Tree
Computer Users
Sandy 496 sessions
Hoodland 90 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 – 28 users printed 91 jobs (176 pages)
Hoodland – 13 users printed 48 jobs (73 pages)
Library Cards Sandy 108 new accounts, Hoodland 17.
Checkouts
Sandy – 2483 sessions. This averages 89 sessions/day (80 last month) 9719 items
Hoodland – 559 sessions. This averages 24 sessions/day (23 last month) 2123 items
We checked out a total of 11,842 items(last month 11,463) curbside pickup and browsing.
Kids Programs
Ongoing
Scavenger Hunt – 135 people finished our Witchy Hunt and got a prize
Vista Apartments – 46 kids and 10 adults attended to work with weaving looms, brain teasers, gears, kinetic sand, and puzzles.
Sandy After School Kids’ Club – 17 kids and 10 adults made LEGO creations at LEGO Club and 23 kids and 11 adults made light up holiday cards at our STEM Club.
Take & Make – Craft for a Cause – Make Holiday Cards for Seniors. We made 250 packets total for all ages. 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! Our post on Facebook reached 608 people and got 84 reactions and likes!
Reading Tutoring – 10 one hour sessions of reading tutoring (1 tutor and 1 student each).
Read to the Dog – 12 kids participated
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.
Mina by Matthew Forsythe
20 kids and 18 adults attended in the Library
Facebook – 39 views, 2 reactions
Big Fat Hen by Keith Baker
14 kids and 12 adults attended in the Library
Duck on a Bike by David Shannon
Facebook – 35 views
How Do Dinosaurs Stay Safe? by Jane Yolen – presented by Sandy Police Department Detective Jason Coates
20 kids and 19 adults attended in the Library
Facebook – 24 views, 2 reactions
Bear Says Thanks by Karma Wilson
Facebook – 30 views, 2 reactions
Storytimes at Hoodland Presented by Molly Espenel. 15 kids and 13 adults attended.
Teen Programs
Ongoing
Take and Make – Craft for a Cause – Make Holiday Cards for Seniors. We made 250 packets total for all ages. Teen Take & Makes are available starting on the 1st of the month.
Anime Club – 18 teens attended to watch anime.
Teen Library Advisory Board – no meeting – Thanksgiving week
Adult Programs
Special
Goodwill Job Fair – 25 job seekers, 8 employers, 4 Goodwill staff attended. Our post on Facebook reached 2006 people and got 16 reactions and likes.
Civics Challenge – 15 people have signed up and 5 people have finished so far. Everyone who completes the challenge will be entered into a drawing to win an Oregon State parks pass and a gift card to Otto’s Ski Shop! This challenge will run until January 31st.
Ongoing
Take & Make – Craft for a Cause – Make Holiday Cards for Seniors. We made 250 packets total for all ages. Adult Take & Makes are available starting on the 15th of the month.
American Red Cross Blood Drive – 00 people attended, 00 units of blood collected
ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) Class – 3 people attended
ESOL tutor – 7 1 hour sessions (1 tutor and 1 student each)
Writing Group – 13 people attended our writing group
Computer Classes: Computer Basics – 1 person, Internet Basics – 1 people
Book a Librarian – We helped 1 person with their phone and 1 person with learning how to use Keyboard and Mouse
Book Clubs
Women’s Book Club – 8 people discussed Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Men’s Book Club – 8 people discussed Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
Hoodland Book Club – 9 people discussed Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
Digital Book Club – 4 people discussed One, Two, Three by Laurie Frankel
Public Notary – Hoodland 4
Exhibits
Come to Sandy Library to see Oregon City artist Cindy Geffel’s Masterpooches and Pollinators.
Displays
November was Native American heritage month.
