The Mobile Library
Total visitors June – 792 (17 stops in Sandy Service Area, 4 in Hoodland)
Oregon Trail School District Elementary Schools – 201 kids came onto the vehicle
Pioneer Mobile Home Park – 10 people, 2 cards issued
Vista Apartments – 6 people
Storytime in Bluff Park – 33 people
Mt Hood Farmers Market – 45 people, 6 cards, 5 seed packet checkouts (90 people total stopped at our space)
Hoodland Senior Center – 3 people
Avamere at Sandy – 10 people, 1 card issued
Hoodland Farmers Market – 58 people, 9 seed packet checkouts
Special Olympics at Sandy High School – 87 people, 5 cards issued
Government Camp – 3 people
Longest Day parkway – 220 people, 8 seed packets
Queer Carnival in Welches – 101 people, 6 seed packets
Wippersnappers Summer Camp – 15 kids
Staff did a STEAM activity with the kids and handed out a STEM kit
We have 19 Mobile Library events in July and are adding more every week! See the schedule or request a permanent stop in your neighborhood or for a special event.
Fundraising and grants for Mobile Library (as of 7/7/2026) total = $122,138
Goal = $172,589
Grants received
$10,000 Ford Family Foundation
$25,000 Roundhouse Foundation
$40,000 Jerome S. and Barbara Bischoff Library Subfund of Oregon Community Foundation
Business Donations
$500 Clackamas County Bank
$250 Scenic Fruit
Individual Donations (includes restaurant fundraisers $1643.23 and events $1248.27)
$45,434
Social Media
Facebook, Instagram, and Library Blog
2066 Followers on Facebook (Sandy Public Library Friends) (2040 last month)
Top Posts on Facebook (by engagement): 352 Happy Pride Month, 17 Book Mobile Locations for July, 16 Closed for Juneteenth
1126 Followers on Instagram (1121 last month) We had 122 post interactions, 111 likes, 2 comments, 4 saves, and 5 shares
Top Instagram posts (by engagement): 17 Community Sharing Book, 10 Happy Pride Month, 9 Bookmobile Photo, 9 Enola on the LINCC Library Trail
Top Library Blog posts: 40 July Book Club Picks, 18 Sandy Seed Library News
We currently have 3853 (3843 last month) email subscribers in Constant Contact
Computer Users
Sandy 406 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 – 172 users printed 500 jobs (1466 pages)
Hoodland – 09 users printed 197 jobs (894 pages)
New Library Accounts Sandy 130, Hoodland 27
Checkouts
Sandy – 2501 sessions. This averages 86 sessions/day (84 last month) 8907 items
Hoodland – 629 sessions. This averages 25 sessions/day (24 last month) 2070 items
We checked out a total of 10,977 items (last month 10,698) curbside pickup and browsing.
Kids Programs
Special
Paint & Plant all ages Summer Reading kickoff! – 25 people attended
Ongoing
Vista Apartments – 9 kids attended to make paper planes
Pioneer Mobile Home Park – 21 kids attended to make paper planes
LEGO Club – Sandy 4 kids and 3 adults, Hoodland 1 kid and 1 adult
Read to the Dog – 15 kids and 7 adults attended to read to Tanis
Reading Tutoring – 9 one hour sessions of reading tutoring at Sandy (1 tutor and 1 student each).
Take & Make – 120 kids (100 Sandy, 20 Hoodland) picked up supplies to make Pool Noodle Boats. Take & Makes available starting on the 15th of the month.
Literacy Scavenger Hunt – 103 people completed our Summer Reading Scavenger Hunt
Storytimes – Happening in Bluff Park (with the Mobile Library!) until August 31st
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.
Bear Came Along by Richard T Morris
27 kids and 19 adults attended
A Seed Grows by Antoinette Portis
Facebook – 9 views
Barnyard Banter by Denise Fleming
20 kids and 19 adults attended
In the Night Garden by Carin Berger
Facebook – 10 views
Pete’s A Pizza by William Steig
25 kids and 21 adults attended
The Night Tent by Landis Blair
Facebook – 16 views
Summer Song by Kevin Henkes
18 kids and 18 adults
The Memory Cake by Caroline L Perry
Facebook – 13 views
Sensory Storytime – Presented by Todos Juntos
10 kids and 6 adults
Storytime at Hoodland – including Hoodland Farmers Market!
Presented by Molly Espenel – 24 kids and 16 adults
Teen Programs
Special
Epic the Musical! – 7 teens attended
Ongoing
TAB – 4 teens attended to discuss future programming
Dungeons and Dragons – 4 teens attended this fantasy tabletop role playing game
MakerSpace – 7 teens attended our first week of summer MakerSpace session
Teen Hangout – 11 teens attended to make masks
Anime Club – 3 people attended
Teen & Adult Take & Make – 120 people (100 Sandy, 20 Hoodland) picked up supplies to make a Macrame Keychain
Teen Writer’s Group – 2 teens attended
Adult Programs
Special
Artist reception for Plant a Seed Read – 12 people attended
Hiking Oregon’s Fire Lookouts – 19 people attended this Presentation by West Linn Librarian and Author Cheryl Hill.
Ongoing
Mobile Stabilization and Outreach Unit – 4 clients and 11 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.
American Red Cross Blood Drive – 36 people attended. 32 donors and 3 staff/volunteers attended.
Creation Station – Creation Station is a twice monthly interactive program that welcomes adults with disabilities. 24 attended the 2nd Monday and 24 the 4th.
ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) tutoring – 12 one hour sessions (1 tutor and 1 student each). English Language class – 14 students.
Writing Critique Group – 27 people attended
Fiber Arts Circle – 32 people attended in the Fireplace Room on Tuesday and Saturday afternoons
Book Clubs
Men’s Book Club – 16 people discussed The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Women’s Book Group – 7 people discussed many titles by Jacqueline Winspear
Hoodland Book Group – 5 people discussed Atmosphere by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Digital Book Club – 4 people discussed Birdgirl: Looking to the Skies in Search of a Better Future by Mya-Rose Craig