Fines for Food for National Library Week
Pay any amount in fines and the Sandy or Hoodland Library will waive a corresponding amount. All fines paid during National Library Week will go to a local food bank. In Sandy $231.72 will be donated to the Sandy Community Action Center and in Hoodland $37.90 will be donated to the Neighborhood Missions Food Pantry to purchase items in need.
Silent Art Auction raises $705 for Art Programs at the Sandy Library!
A huge thank you to Kathy Draine for donating 9 of her still life paintings for a silent auction.
The American Library Association from this year on has designated the Monday of National Library Week as Right to Read Day in response to the (almost) doubled book banning attempts in the United States last year.
Gardening Help Needed! The Sandy Public Library needs your help to maintain our planter boxes and grounds! This would be (most likely) a monthly event organized by a wonderful volunteer. We are planning on replacing high-maintenance plants and moving towards becoming more bee-friendly, in coordination with the City’s Bee City initiative. If you are interested in helping out, please use the form to let us know! https://forms.gle/N48aevAhC8MToLzq5
The Library received our Pesticide Free seal of approval!
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
1531 Followers on Facebook (Sandy Public Library Friends) Up 12 from last month
Top Post on FaceBook (by engagement): Attracting pollinators to your garden 1.3K reached, 20 reaction, 9 shares, 3 comments
797 Followers on Instagram (up 9 from last month)
Top Instagram posts (by engagement): 186 Author Talk Extraordinary Oregon, 147 Leave a Haiku, 100 Silent Art Auction (Kathy Draine)
Library Blog: 36 May Book Clubs, 33 Author Talk Extraordinary Oregon, 5 Library gardening help
Computer Users
Sandy 449 sessions
Hoodland 109 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 – 54 users printed 183 jobs (546 pages)
Hoodland – 38 users printed 183 jobs (301 pages)
Library Cards Sandy 132 new accounts, Hoodland 13
Checkouts
Sandy – 2712 sessions. This averages 90 sessions/day (94 last month) 10,377 items
Hoodland – 579 sessions. This averages 24 sessions/day (25 last month) 1,960 items
We checked out a total of 12,337 items(last month 13,746) curbside pickup and browsing.
Kids Programs
Special
Día del Niño/Children’s Day – Sandy 65 kids and 35 adults attended, Hoodland 8 kids and 4 adults
Kindergarten Kickoff – 23 kids and 23 adults visited the library table at Naas, Welches, and Sandy Grade School.
Ongoing
Vista Apartments – 55 kids and 12 adults attended to make wooden people and paper houses, pattern blocks and geoboards, and mini easels.
Sandy After School Kids’ Club – 14 kids and 9 adults made LEGO creations at LEGO Club, 9 kids and 6 adults attended our Worm Bin Composting STEM program, 27 kids and 12 adults attended Art Club with Wy’East Artisans Guild (2x/month)
LEGO Club at Hoodland – 10 kids and 8 adults
Reading Tutoring – 24 one hour sessions of reading tutoring (1 tutor and 1 student each).
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.
The Sun is My Favorite Star by Frank Asch
12 kids and 9 adults attended in the Library
The Sun is Late and so is the Farmer by Philip C. Stead
Facebook – 27 views, 1 reaction
Orange, Pear, Apple, Bear by Emily Gravett
8 kids and 8 adults attended in the Library
Berry Song by Michaela Goade
Facebook – 27 views, 2 reactions
Bee Dance by Rick Christowski
17 kids and 14 adults attended in the Library
Bee: a Peek-through Picture Book by Britta Teckentrup
Facebook – 35 views, 3 reactions
My Garden by Kevin Henkes
11 kids and 9 adults attended in the Library
My Baba’s Garden by Jordan Scott
Facebook – 24 views, 3 reactions
Storytimes at Hoodland Presented by Molly Espenel. 20 kids and 16 adults attended
Teen Programs
Special
Teen Flashlight Egg Hunt – 150 teens and 54 adults attended in Meinig Park
Teen Jeopardy – 5 teens and 3 adults attended
National Poetry Month – Leave a Haiku – 22 people participated.
Ongoing
Anime Club – 18 teens attended to watch anime
Adult Programs
Special
Senior Egg Hunt – 32 people attended
Multi-Employer Job Fair – in coordination with Good Will. 25 people attended.
Ongoing
**NEW!** Spanish Language Class – 50 people attended.
Take & Make -100 people ALL AGES! (75 Sandy, 25 Hoodland) picked up supplies to make a sewing free T-shirt bag. These special all ages kits were available on the 1st of the month.
Creation Station – Creation Station is a twice monthly interactive program that welcomes adults with disabilities. 13 people attended on the 2nd Monday of the month (Art Lab), 14 people attended the 4th Monday of the month (Maker Lab).
ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) Class – 4 people attended with 1 tutor
ESOL tutor – 8 one hour sessions (1 tutor and 1 student each)
Writing Group – 4 people attended our writing group
American Red Cross Blood Drive – 25 people attended, 20 donors.
Computer Classes – 1 person attended Keyboard and Mouse, 2 people attended Computer Basics ,2 people attended Internet Basics, 2 people attended Microsoft Word.
Book Clubs
Women’s Book Club – 10 people discussed consumed by J R ward
Men’s Book Club – 10 people discussed Why We’re Polarized byEzra Klein
Hoodland Book Club – 8 people discussed The Return of Faraz Ali by Aamina Ahmad
Digital Book Club – 4 people discussed River Woman River Demon by Jennifer Givhan
Public Notary – Hoodland 7
Book a Librarian – 3 appointments. 1 to get set up with Veterans Benefits, 2 to learn Canva.
Exhibits
Wy’East Artisans Guild – Come see this group exhibit at the Sandy Library through July 6th
Hoodland Library is currently displaying the Calligraphy art of Margaret Hespen. “Having something to say inspires me to write. I choose a text carefully, because after writing it repeatedly in an effort to get it just right, I absorb its power. I love the way letters can speak as loudly as words, and I hope mine speak to you.”
Displays
April was Financial Literacy Month.
