Seed Check-outs and Donations
In 2024, we had 3045 packets of seeds checked out. Brianna Chase, our Seed Library Coordinator reports that we have received seed packet donations from one additional seed company (5 total) since our last report – our new total in donated seeds totals $1265.32.
FedCo Seeds $55.45
If you get a chance, please thank them for their generosity.
Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS)
ODHS is in the Library. Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00am – 3:00pm for drop-in assistance.
Social Media
1868 Followers on Facebook (Sandy Public Library Friends) (1865 last month)
Top Facebook posts (by engagement): 115 Hoodland Fiber Arts Photo, 35 Mobile Library Vehicle Fundraising, 29 New Cultural Pass (Leach Botanical Gardens)
1018 Followers on Instagram (1009 last month) We had 137 post interactions, 121 likes, 2 comments, 8 saves, and 8 shares
Top Instagram posts (by engagement): 19 Hoodland Fiber Arts Photo, 15 Inclement Weather Closure, 11 New Cultural Pass (Oregon Jewish Museum)
Top Library Blog posts: 35 March Book Club Picks, 13 February Seed Library News, 11 National Library Lover’s Month Challenge
We currently have 3457 (3437 last month) email subscribers in Constant Contact
Nextdoor
11 Posts
1349 Views
5 Email opens
1 Thanks
Your Community
3347 verified neighbors in 6 neighborhoods
22 neighbors joined last month
Computer Users
Sandy 370 sessions
Hoodland 63 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 – 116 users printed194 jobs (616 pages)
Hoodland – 50 users printed 86 jobs (400 pages)
New Library Accounts Sandy 88, Hoodland 12
Checkouts
Sandy – 2435 sessions. This averages 90 sessions/day (90 last month) 8818 items
Hoodland – 560 sessions. This averages 27 sessions/day (25 last month) 1835 items
We checked out a total of 10,653 items (last month 11,357) curbside pickup and browsing.
Kids Programs
Special
Helpful Hungry Bats – Hoodland Library 6 kids and 5 parents attended. Presented by Rick Reynolds from Engaging Every Student.
Ongoing
Take & Make – 150 (120 Sandy and 30 Hoodland). Rainbow Pony Bead Bracelet. Take & Make available beginning on the 15th day of the month.
Vista Apartments – 16 kids attended for literacy and STEM activities.
Pioneer Mobile Home Park – 12 kids attended a Lunar New Year celebration.
LEGO Club – Sandy 10 kids and 6 adults
STEM Club – 22 kids and 20 Adults attended to listen to Rick Reynolds talk about Fantastic Freshwater Ecosystems.
Read to the Dog – 33 kids attended to read to Tanis
Reading Tutoring – 13 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.
Everything a Drum by Sarah Warren
7 kids and 7 adults attended in the Library
Phil’s Big Day by Liza Woodruff
Facebook – 13 views
1, 2 Grandpa Loves You by Shelly Becker
11 kids and 9 adults attended in the Library
A Party For Florine by Yevgenia Nayberg
Facebook – 12 views, 1 reaction
Is This the Bus For Us? by Harriet Ziefert
13 kids and 11 adults attended in the Library
Amazing Abe by Norman H Finkelstein
Facebook – 18 views, 2 reactions
Brush! Brush! Brush! by Douglas Florian
14 kids and 15 adults attended in the Library
Nothing by John Agee
Facebook – 14 views, 1 reaction
Saturday Storytime Presented by Monica Smith, Emily Huffman – 11 kids and 7 adults attended
Storytime at Hoodland Presented by Molly Espenel – 17 kids and 13 adults
Teen Programs
Ongoing
Dungeons and Dragons – 11 teens attended this fantasy tabletop role playing game
Teen Hangout – 4 teens attended
Teen Library Advisory Board (TLAB) – 2 teens attended
Take & Make – 87 (67 Sandy, 20 Hoodland) teens pick up supplies to make an Herbarium. Teen Take & Make is available on the 1st of each month.
Teen Makerspace – up to 9 teens came to our two – five week Makerspace Camps. So far they have made Laser Cut Heart Shapped Boxes and Custom Acrylic LED signs.
Adult Programs
Special
Plant Swap – 53 people attended
Author Talk – Gary Brumbelow discussed his book Someplace North, Someplace Wild
Craft Swap – 62 people attended
Puzzle Swap – 7 people attended at Hoodland
Ongoing
Mobile Stabilization and Outreach Unit – 12 clients and 10 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.
Take & Make – 100 (80 Sandy, 20 Hoodland) people pick up supplies to make Macrame Feather Keychains. Adult Take and Makes are ready on the 15th of each month
Spanish Language Class – 8 people attended with one teacher
Creation Station – Creation Station is a twice monthly interactive program that welcomes adults with disabilities. 22 attended the 2nd Monday and 26 attended on the 4th Monday.
ESOL tutor – 6 one hour sessions (1 tutor and 1 student each)
Writing Group – 16 people attended our writing group
Fiber Arts Circle – 45 people attended in the Fireplace Room on Tuesday and Saturday afternoons, and 15 attended Fiber Arts at Hoodland!
American Red Cross Blood Drive – 29 people attended and 25 donated blood.
Mahjong – 15 people attended the beginner mahjong lesson with regular play afterwards.
Edible Gardening Group – 7 people attended
French Conversation group – 5 people attended this group at Hoodland Library
Computer Classes – 2 people attended Microsoft Word, 3 attended iPhone and iPad
Book-a-Librarian – 4 people attended to install critical updates on laptop and load apps on Samsung tablet, Upload photos from memory card onto laptop, Libby Kindle installation and tutorial, get help with a laptop.
Public Notary – Hoodland 18
Book Clubs
Men’s Book Club – 12 people discussed The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Hoodland Book Group – 7 people discussed This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger
Digital Book Group – 7 people discussed Funny Story by Emily Henry
Exhibits
Fiber Fusion: A Show by the Sandy Library Fiber Arts Group -Visit with the fiber artists at their Reception on March 31 at 5:30 pm in the Fireplace Room. This show will be on display now through May 18th.
