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
1467 Followers on Facebook (Sandy Public Library Friends) Up 143 from last month
770 Followers on Instagram (up 18 from last month)
Top Instagram posts (by engagement): 26 likes – The stuffies had a blast in the library last night…
Top Instagram Posts (by accounts reached): Stuffies 146, Puzzles 141, Book Clubs 134
Library Blog: 48 visits to Craft Swap, 47 visits to February Book Club, 34 visits to Community Wrap up for 2022
Computer Users
Sandy 502 sessions
Hoodland 101 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 – 49 users printed 170 jobs (977 pages)
Hoodland – 17 users printed 83 jobs (162 pages)
Library Cards Sandy 140 new accounts, Hoodland 28
Checkouts
Sandy – 2738 sessions. This averages 94 sessions/day (82 last month) 10,220 items
Hoodland – 696 sessions. This averages 28 sessions/day (23 last month) 2546 items
We checked out a total of 12,766 items(last month 10,928) curbside pickup and browsing
Kids Programs
Special
Teddy Bear Sleepover – Sandy 29 kids and 19 adults, Hoodland 2 kids and 3 adults
Ongoing
Vista Apartments – 52 kids and 2 adults attended to make felted snakes with Karen Morgan, learned to sew puppets and stuffies, and do puzzles.
Sandy After School Kids’ Club – 17 kids and 12 adults made LEGO creations at LEGO Club, 28 kids and 12 adults attended our STEM program Exploring Crayfish featuring Rick Reynolds..
Take & Make – 120 (100 Sandy, 20 Hoodland) Van Gogh Mixed Media 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 – 17 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.
Not a Stick by Antoinette Portis
15 kids and 12 adults attended in the Library
Playtime for Restless Rascals by Nikki Grimes
Facebook – 43 views, 2 reactions
If you Live Here by Kate Gardner
14 kids and 17 adults attended in the Library
Home Is Where The Birds Sing by Cynthia Rylant
Facebook – 36 views, 3 reactions
Pete’s a Pizza by William Steig
9 kids and 7 adults attended in the Library
The Wolf’s Chicken Stew by Keiko Kasza
Facebook – 45 views, 2 reactions
Dinosaur vs Bedtime by Robert Shea
8 kids and 7 adults attended in the Library
On A Magical Do-Nothing Day by Béatrice Alemagna
Facebook – 28 views, 1 reaction
Storytimes at Hoodland Presented by Molly Espenel. 25 kids and 22 adults attended
Teen Programs
Ongoing
Take and Make – 80 teens picked up supplies to make mini disco balls (68 Sandy, 12 Hoodland). Teen Take & Makes are available starting on the 1st of the month.
Anime Club – 11 teens attended to watch anime
Teen Displays
Teen volunteer Kylee has been hard at work suggesting teen reads.
Adult Programs
Special
Seedy Saturday Seed Swap – 90 people attended our seed swap.
Civics Challenge – 28 people signed up and 8 completed our Civics Challenge.
Ongoing
Take & Make – 100 people picked up supplies to make Embroidery Floss Valentines (80 Sandy, 20 Hoodland). Adult Take & Makes are available starting on the 15th of the month.
ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) Class – 16 people attended with 1 tutor
ESOL tutor – 9 one hour sessions (1 tutor and 1 student each)
Writing Group – 11 people attended our writing group
Book Clubs
Women’s Book Club – 8 people discussed The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict
Men’s Book Club – 8 people discussed The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
Hoodland Book Club – 8 people discussed Three Junes by Julia Glass
Digital Book Club – 4 people discussed The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Public Notary – Hoodland 6
Exhibits
Hoodland – View the watercolor art of Sandy resident Leslie Cheney-Parr Through April 12th.
Sandy – Oregon Flora. Eight local artists, eight different styles, many different plants. Come see their work at Sandy Library through March 2023. Artists in the group include: Sue Allen, Sharon Hale Sandgren, Chelsey Hawkey, Frances Waddell, Megan Durst, Rebekah Lehe MacKenzie, Kelly Williams, and Debrah Spencer.
