Sandy Mountain Festival Parade
The Library was entry #77. A great time was had by all. We won 2nd place in the marching category!
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, Library Blog, and Nextdoor
1795 Followers on Facebook (Sandy Public Library Friends) (1784 last month)
Top Posts on Facebook (by engagement): 28 Sandy Mountain Festival Parade Results, 26 Cultural Express Pass Museums, 25 Harry Potter’s Birthday Party
961 Followers on Instagram (959 last month) 160 post interactions, 221 likes, 2 comments, 7 saves, and 10 shares
Top Instagram posts (by engagement): 22 people reacted to Sandy Mountain Festival Parade Results, 15 to Meet Our New Teen Intern: Aubrey Anderson, 11 to Read Alikes for Lessons in Chemistry and 11 to Sandy Beach Read Display
Top Library Blog posts: 34 August Book Club Picks, 18 Meet Our Teen Intern: Aubrey Anderson, 11 Catching Up With the Classics: 10 Books Turning 50 in 2024
Nextdoor posts
7 Posts
1732 Views
193 Email opens
Computer Users
Sandy 482 sessions
Hoodland 98 sessions
Mobile Printing Send prints from your smartphone, tablet, or laptop. 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 – 97 users printed 162 jobs (1320 pages)
Hoodland – 58 users printed 292 jobs (674 pages)
New Library Accounts Sandy 134, Hoodland 21
Checkouts
Sandy – 2814 sessions. This averages 94 sessions/day (93 last month) 10,336 items
Hoodland – 620 sessions. This averages 24 sessions/day (25 last month) 1913 items
We checked out a total of 12,249 items (last month 12,191) curbside pickup and browsing.
Kids Programs
Special
Mountain Festival kids parade – 119 kids came to the library booth to make parade streamers and fish garbage out of a pond.
Fantastic Freshwater Ecosystems – 10 kids and 6 adults came to this Summer Reading program offered by Rick Reynolds in Meinig Park.
Ongoing
Endangered Species Scavenger Hunt – Sandy 134, Hoodland 3
Take & Make – 170 (150 Sandy and 20 Hoodland). Sunshine Journal. Take & Make available beginning on the 15th day of the month.
Vista Apartments – 20 kids attended for literacy, STEM activities.
Pioneer Mobile Home Park – 34 kids and 10 adults attended this monthly outreach to attend a mini carnival.
LEGO Club – Hoodland 7 kids and 7 adults
Read to the Dog – 14 kids attended to read to Tanis
Reading Tutoring – 21 one hour sessions of reading tutoring at Sandy (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.
Big Bear and Little Bear Go Fishing by Amy Hest
Facebook – 12 views
Walter’s Wonderful Web by Tim Hopgood
10 kids and 8 adults attended in the Library
Turtle-Turtle and the Wide Wide River by Jane Hillenbrand
Facebook – 11 views
She’ll Be Coming ‘Round the Mountain by Jonathan Emmett
18 kids and 14 adults attended in the Library
Looking for Peppermint by Maxwell Eaton
Facebook – 9 views
Bee by Brita Teckentrup
13 kids and 11 adults attended in the Library
Daisy the Daydreamer by Jennifer Goldfinger
Facebook – 9 views
Saturday Storytime Presented by Monica Smith – 9 kids and 9 adults attended
Storytime at Hoodland Presented by Molly Espenel. 29 kids and 22 adults.
Storytime at Hoodland Farmer’s Market Presented by Alex Steinmetz – 9 kids and 5 adults
Teen Programs
Special
Harry Potter’s Birthday – 300 People came to create potions, get sorted into their house, do crafts, and eat/drink Harry Potter themed food and drinks.
Ongoing
Take & Make – 99 (77 Sandy and 12 Hoodland). Create your own Henna Tattoo. Take & Make available beginning on the 1st day of the month.
Makerspace – 32 teens attended our 5 week camps. This month they learned how to sew patches onto canvas bags and build a Tetrahedral Kite.
Dungeons and Dragons – 11 teens attended this fantasy tabletop role playing game
Teen Hangout – 3 teens attended to make Plantable Poppy Seed paper.
Teen Library Advisory Board (TLAB) – 3 teens attended to work on their Japanese and Korean culinary adventure.
Adult Programs
Special
Phame acting class – 8 adults with developmental disabilities attended.
Ongoing
*NEW* Mobile Stabilization and Outreach Unit – 13 clients and 9 service providers attended. This unit is coordinated by Parole and Probation Officer, Amanda Denis from the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office with the help of community partners: Love One, 4D, Central City Concern, Parrott Creek, Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization (IRCO), ODHS and Clackamas Behavioral Health. Their mission is to work collectively to find and assist adults who are on supervision, unsheltered and seeking stabilization in the community. They provide interventions, resources and accountability services to support their clients and community safety.
Take & Make – 30 (20 Sandy and 10 Hoodland). Sunshine Journal. Take & Make available beginning on the 15th day of the month.
Blood drive with the American Red Cross – 56 people attended, 47 donors
Spanish Language Class – 11 people attended with one teacher
Creation Station – Creation Station is a twice monthly interactive program that welcomes adults with disabilities. 20 people attended on the 2nd Monday of the month, and 20 attended on the 4th Monday.
ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) Class – 6 people attended with 1 teacher
ESOL tutor – 7 one hour sessions (1 tutor and 1 student each)
Writing Group – 26 people attended our writing group
Fiber Arts Circle – 32 people attended in the Fireplace Room on Tuesday afternoons
French Conversation group – 6 people attended this new group at Hoodland Library.
Book Clubs
Women’s Book Club – 7 people discussed Palm Beach Finland by Antti Tuomainen
Men’s Book Club – 10 people discussed The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Hoodland Book Group – 5 people discussed The Sweetness of Nature by Nathan Harris
Public Notary – Hoodland 38
Exhibits
Lake Oswego Reads is a group exhibit by 20 artists based on the book Honor by Thrifty Umrigar at Sandy Library until September 3rd.
Hoodland
Hoodland Quilt
Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary by Ardyth Knapp of the Hoodland Piecemakers Quilt Club
