Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS)
ODHS is in the Library. Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00am – 3:00pm for drop-in assistance.
Facebook, Instagram, and Library Blog
1609 Followers on Facebook (Sandy Public Library Friends) Up 18 from last month
Top Posts on Facebook (by engagement):
We have New Take & Makes 16 reactions, 4 comments, 2 shares
We have good AC 11 reactions, 1 share
Honor a loved one (library at Mt Hood Hospice event) 10 reactions
857 Followers on Instagram (up 17 from last month)
Top Instagram posts (by engagement): 193 – Mt Hood Hospice event, 106 – en Taiko Drummers, 99 – Run to your Library
Top Library Blog posts (by engagement): 33 – September Book Clubs, 30 – Community Journals: Recipes
Computer Users
Sandy 460 sessions
Hoodland 107 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 – 53 users printed 195 jobs (407 pages)
Hoodland – 40 users printed 191 jobs (4790 pages)
Library Cards Sandy 139 new accounts, Hoodland 24
Checkouts
Sandy – 2778 sessions. This averages 90 sessions/day (89 last month) 11,045 items
Hoodland – 625 sessions. This averages 23 sessions/day 32 last month) 2021 items
We checked out a total of 13,066 items(last month 12,180) curbside pickup and browsing.
Kids Programs
Special
Summer Reading
en Taiko drummers – 84 people attended
Busy Bugs – 38 Sandy, 5 Hoodland
Information Literacy scavenger hunt – 82
Day of Remembrance – Event with Mt Hood Hospice – 34 people attended
Ongoing
Vista Apartments – 80 kids and 29 adults attended to learn about Worm bin composting, to create art with the Wy’East Artisans, and interact with the Reptile Man.
Take & Make – 120 (100 Sandy and 20 Hoodland) kids pick up supplies to make a nature suncatcher. Kids Take & Makes are available beginning on the 15th day of the month.
LEGO Club at Hoodland – 5 kids and 2 adults
Reading Tutoring – 12 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.
Maisy’s bedtime by Lucy Cousins
25 kids and 18 adults attended in the Library
You are a Story by Bob Raczka
Facebook – 22 views
Which Hat is That? by Anna Grossnickle Hines
13 kids and 9 adults attended in the Library
Hey Otter! Hey Beaver! By Brian Pinkney
Facebook – 32 views, 3 reactions, 1 comment
Who Took the Farmer’s Hat? by Joan L. Nodset
23 kids and 14 adults attended in the Library
Knitting for Dogs by Laurel Molk
Facebook – 23 views, 1 reaction
A Friend for Minerva Louise by Janet Stoeke
22 kids and 18 adults attended in the Library
The Most Perfect Spot by Diane Goode
Facebook – 20 views, 2 reactions
Potato Joe by Keith Baker
25 kids and 14 adults attended in the Library
Our New Saturday Storytime is gaining a few visitors
Polar Bear, Polar Bear by Bill Martin, Jr.
3 kids and 2 adults attended in the library
Storytimes at Hoodland Presented by Molly Espenel. 25 kids and 18 adults attended
Teen Programs
Special
MakerSpace – between 8-11 teens each week attended our 5 week Camp at the Community Center
Ongoing
Teen Hangout – 8 teens attended
Take & Make – 100 teens (85 Sandy and 15 Hoodland) picked up supplies to make. The Teen Take & makes are available starting on the 1st day of the month.
Adult Programs
Special
Mount Hood Resource Fair – 23 stopped by the library booth
Seed Saving Class – 9 people attended
Ongoing
Spanish Language Class – 26 people attended with one teacher
Take & Make – 100 people (80 Sandy, 20 Hoodland) picked up supplies to make wood pendant necklaces. Take and Makes for adults are available on the 15th day of the month.
Creation Station – Creation Station is a twice monthly interactive program that welcomes adults with disabilities. 22 people attended on the 2nd Monday of the month for a painting class with Becky Hawley, 14 people attended the 4th Monday of the month (Maker Lab).
ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) Class – 10 people attended with 1 teacher
ESOL tutor – 10 one hour sessions (1 tutor and 1 student each)
Writing Group – 11 people attended our writing group
American Red Cross Blood Drive – 60 attendees, 47 donors, 41 units collected.
Book Clubs
Women’s Book Club – 8 people discussed the books they are reading
Men’s Book Club – 12 people discussed The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy
Hoodland Book Club – 5 people discussed Booth by Karen Joy Fowler
Digital Book Club – 3 people discussed Last Bus to Wisdom by Ivan Doig
Public Notary – Hoodland 5
Exhibits
View The Tide Rising – Group Exhibit through the end of September.
Come see the Damascus Fiber Arts – Group exhibit though December 7th.
View Katherine Doerge’s acyrlic paintings at the Hoodland Library through October 11th
