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
1467 Followers on Facebook (Sandy Public Library Friends)  Up 143 from last month
770 Followers on Instagram (up 18 from last month)
Top Instagram posts (by engagement): 26 likes – The stuffies had a blast in the library last night…
Top Instagram Posts (by accounts reached): Stuffies 146, Puzzles 141, Book Clubs 134
Library Blog: 48 visits to Craft Swap, 47 visits to February Book Club, 34 visits to Community Wrap up for 2022 

Computer Users
Sandy 502 sessions
Hoodland 101 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 – 49 users printed 170 jobs (977 pages)
Hoodland – 17 users printed 83 jobs (162 pages)

Library Cards  Sandy 140 new accounts, Hoodland 28

Checkouts 
Sandy – 2738 sessions. This averages 94 sessions/day (82 last month) 10,220 items
Hoodland – 696 sessions.  This averages 28 sessions/day (23 last month) 2546 items

We checked out a total of 12,766 items(last month 10,928) curbside pickup and browsing

Kids Programs
Special
Teddy Bear Sleepover – Sandy 29 kids and 19 adults, Hoodland 2 kids and 3 adults

Ongoing
Vista Apartments – 52 kids and 2 adults attended to make felted snakes with Karen Morgan, learned to sew puppets and stuffies, and do puzzles.

Sandy After School Kids’ Club – 17 kids and 12 adults made LEGO creations at LEGO Club, 28 kids and 12 adults attended our STEM program Exploring Crayfish featuring Rick Reynolds.. 

Take & Make –  120 (100 Sandy, 20 Hoodland) Van Gogh Mixed Media Art

Our Take & Make kits for kids are available on the 15th with an additional video on Facebook in case you can’t make it to the Make & Take program!  

Reading Tutoring – 17 one hour sessions of reading tutoring (1 tutor and 1 student each).

Read to the Dog – 12 kids participated

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.

Not a Stick by Antoinette Portis
15 kids and 12 adults attended in the Library
Playtime for Restless Rascals by Nikki Grimes
Facebook – 43 views, 2 reactions

If you Live Here by Kate Gardner
14 kids and 17 adults attended in the Library
Home Is Where The Birds Sing by Cynthia Rylant
Facebook – 36 views, 3 reactions

Pete’s a Pizza  by William Steig 
9 kids and 7 adults attended in the Library
The Wolf’s Chicken Stew by Keiko Kasza
Facebook – 45 views, 2 reactions

Dinosaur vs Bedtime by Robert Shea
8 kids and 7 adults attended in the Library
On A Magical Do-Nothing Day by Béatrice Alemagna
Facebook – 28 views, 1 reaction

Storytimes at Hoodland Presented by Molly Espenel.  25 kids and 22 adults attended

Teen Programs
Ongoing
Take and Make – 80 teens picked up supplies to make mini disco balls (68 Sandy, 12 Hoodland). Teen Take & Makes are available starting on the 1st of the month.

Anime Club – 11 teens attended to watch anime

Teen Displays
Teen volunteer Kylee has been hard at work suggesting teen reads.

Adult Programs
Special
Seedy Saturday Seed Swap – 90 people attended our seed swap.

Civics Challenge – 28 people signed up and 8 completed our Civics Challenge.

Ongoing
Take & Make – 100 people picked up supplies to make Embroidery Floss Valentines (80 Sandy, 20 Hoodland).  Adult Take & Makes are available starting on the 15th of the month.

ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) Class – 16 people attended with 1 tutor
ESOL tutor – 9 one hour sessions (1 tutor and 1 student each)

Writing Group  – 11 people attended our writing group 

Book Clubs
Women’s Book Club – 8 people discussed The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict
Men’s Book Club – 8 people discussed The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
Hoodland Book Club – 8 people discussed Three Junes by Julia Glass
Digital Book Club – 4 people discussed The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

Public Notary – Hoodland 6

Exhibits
Hoodland – View the watercolor art of Sandy resident Leslie Cheney-Parr Through April 12th.

Sandy – Oregon Flora. Eight local artists, eight different styles, many different plants. Come see their work at Sandy Library through March 2023. Artists in the group include: Sue Allen, Sharon Hale Sandgren, Chelsey Hawkey, Frances Waddell, Megan Durst, Rebekah Lehe MacKenzie, Kelly Williams, and Debrah Spencer.

Tree Lighting
Over 500 people attended our annual tree lighting in Centennial Plaza.  They listened to and sang along with the Sandy High School Choir, drank hot cocoa, ate cookies, popcorn, and candy canes, as Mayor Pulliam led the countdown, and DJ Anderson MC’d the event.  A special thank you to Bill Knapp of Knapp Tree Farms for donating the tree,  Santa, girl scout troop 11070 for helping hand out cookies and popcorn, Rotary Club of Sandy, the Sandy High School Choir and Choir Conductor Alec Chase, Public Works for hauling and setting up the tree, Sandy Transit Department, Sandy Parks and Recreation, the Sandy Public Library, Dan Kesterson and Holiday Decorators for their beautiful decorations, Khris Alexander and 2 Guys Sound.

Lights in Meinig Park
The library counted 436 people at the event we attended in Meinig Park even though it was below freezing temperatures!  We had 3 craft Take and Makes with us to distribute and a fun and challenging Snowman game.

Hat, Scarf, and Mitten Trees
Sandy – collected 134 items to donate to boxes at the Sandy Community Action Center
Hoodland – collected 197 items to donate to Christmas boxes for the Neighborhood Missions.

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
1324 following Sandy Public Library Friends Facebook page (up 20 from last month)
Top Facebook posts (by interactions): The Tree is Lit! (52), Not all Clackamas County Libraries are closed on Monday (29), Call for Teen Summer Reading artwork (23)
752 Followers on Instagram (up 21 from last month)
Top Instagram Posts (by accounts reached): Returns after the Holidays (3345), Teddy Bear Sleepover (152)
51 visits to January Book Clubs post on our Blog,10 visits to What to Read if you liked Wednesday

Computer Users
Sandy 245 sessions
Hoodland 69 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 – 29 users printed 99 jobs (159 pages)
Hoodland – 29 users printed 123 jobs (289 pages)

Library Cards  Sandy 91 new accounts, Hoodland 23

Checkouts 
Sandy – 2286 sessions. This averages 82 sessions/day (89 last month) 8755  items
Hoodland – 583 sessions.  This averages 23 sessions/day (24 last month) 2173 items

We checked out a total of 10,928 items(last month 11,842) curbside pickup and browsing.

Kids Programs
Ongoing
Vista Apartments – 51 kids and 8 adults attended 

Sandy After School Kids’ Club – 5 kids and 5 adults made LEGO creations at LEGO Club. 

Take & Make –  We had 3 kids Take & Makes this month due to events we held:
Gnomes – 120 (100 Sandy, 20 Hoodland
Snowman Ornament – 85 Sandy
Holiday paper Chain – 75 Sandy
Kids Take & Make kits are available on the 15th with an additional video on Facebook in case you can’t make it to the Make & Take program!  

Reading Tutoring – 9 one hour sessions of reading tutoring (1 tutor and 1 student each).

Read to the Dog – 6 kids participated

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.

Storytime with the Snow Queen – 9 kids and 9 adults

Pigs love Potatoes by Anika A. Denise
9 kids and 7 adults attended in the Library
Uncles and Antlers by Lisa Wheeler
Facebook – 42 views, 1 reaction

There Are Cats In This Book by Viviane Schwarz
17 kids and 15 adults attended in the Library
This Story is not about a Kitten  by Randal de Seve
Facebook – 35 views, 2 reaction, 1 comment

Little Cloud  by Jane Yolen 
9 kids and 7 adults attended in the Library
Kumo: the Bashful Cloud by Kyo Maclear
Facebook – 28 views, 1 reaction

Duckling Gets a Cookie by Mo Willems
4 kids and 2 adults attended in the Library
Who Put the Cookies in the Cookie Jar by David Shannon
Facebook – 39 views, 1 comment

Bee-Bim Bop by Linda Sue Park
7 kids and 8 adults attended in the Library
Facebook – 39 views, 1 reaction

Storytimes at Hoodland Presented by Molly Espenel.  20 kids and 16 adults attended

Teen Programs
Special
Cookie Exchange and Movie – 12 people attended

Ongoing
Take and Make – 80 teens picked up supplies to make mini disco balls (68 Sandy, 12 Hoodland). Teen Take & Makes are available starting on the 1st of the month.

Anime Club – 9 teens attended to watch anime.

Teen Library Advisory Board – 3 people attended

Adult Programs
Special
Civics Challenge – 24 people have signed up so far, and 7 have completed our Civics Challenge.

Ongoing
Take & Make – 100 people picked up supplies to make Winter Tealight Candle Holders (80 Sandy, 20 Hoodland).  Adult Take & Makes are available starting on the 15th of the month.

ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) Class – 6 people attended
ESOL tutor – 7 1 hour sessions (1 tutor and 1 student each)

Writing Group  – 6 people attended our writing group 

Book Clubs
Women’s Book Club – 7 people discussed The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
Men’s Book Club – 9 people discussed Better Off Dead by Lee Child
Hoodland Book Club – 9 people discussed Boy from the Woods by Harlan Coben
Digital Book Club – 4 people discussed One by One by Ruth Ware

Public Notary – Hoodland 2

Exhibits
Oregon Flora. Eight local artists, eight different styles, many different plants. Come see their work at Sandy Library through March 2023. Artists in the group include: Sue Allen, Sharon Hale Sandgren, Chelsey Hawkey, Frances Waddell, Megan Durst, Rebekah Lehe MacKenzie, Kelly Williams, and Debrah Spencer.

Hoodland Library has a new quilt in its reading area! It is titled Welches One Year Weather Chart and was made by Joan Knowlton of the Hoodland Piecemakers Quilt Club.

Happy Holidays from Staff at Sandy and Hoodland Libraries!

Click here to view Library staff favorites from 2022!

Keep your neighbors warm this winter. Bring new or handmade hats, scarfs, and mittens to decorate our trees at the Sandy and Hoodland Libraries. They will go to Sandy Community Action Center and Neighborhood Missions for their Christmas food boxes.

The Library and Friends of Sandy Library Booknook are ready for the Holidays! Come in to check out or buy a few of your favorite reads.

Don’t forget to return your homemade cards to the libraries by December 18th! They will be delivered to Meals on Wheels recipients and Avamere locations to brighten up a senior citizen’s holiday.

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
1307 likes on all Library posts on Facebook this month (up 25 from last month)
731 Followers on Instagram (up 12 from last month)
Top Instagram Posts (by accounts reached):
Craft for a Cause – 134
Seed Library Donation(from Portland Nursery) – 123
Board Games, Library of Things  – 111
28 visits to Oregon Flora Exhibit(call for artists) on our Blog, 24 visits to Hat, Scarf, and Mitten Tree

Computer Users
Sandy 496 sessions
Hoodland 90 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 – 28 users printed 91 jobs (176 pages)
Hoodland – 13 users printed 48 jobs (73 pages)

Library Cards  Sandy 108 new accounts, Hoodland 17.

Checkouts 
Sandy – 2483 sessions. This averages 89 sessions/day (80 last month) 9719 items
Hoodland – 559 sessions.  This averages 24 sessions/day (23 last month) 2123 items

We checked out a total of 11,842 items(last month 11,463) curbside pickup and browsing.

Kids Programs
Ongoing
Scavenger Hunt – 135 people finished our Witchy Hunt and got a prize

Vista Apartments – 46 kids and 10 adults attended to work with weaving looms, brain teasers, gears, kinetic sand, and puzzles.

Sandy After School Kids’ Club – 17 kids and 10 adults made LEGO creations at LEGO Club and 23 kids and 11 adults made light up holiday cards at our STEM Club. 

Take & Make –  Craft for a Cause – Make Holiday Cards for Seniors.  We made 250 packets total for all ages.  Our Take & Make kits for kids are available on the 15th with an additional video on Facebook in case you can’t make it to the Make & Take program!  Our post on Facebook reached 608 people and got 84 reactions and likes!

Reading Tutoring – 10 one hour sessions of reading tutoring (1 tutor and 1 student each).

Read to the Dog – 12 kids participated

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.

Mina by Matthew Forsythe
20 kids and 18 adults attended in the Library
Facebook – 39 views, 2 reactions

Big Fat Hen by Keith Baker
14 kids and 12 adults attended in the Library
Duck on a Bike  by David Shannon
Facebook – 35 views

How Do Dinosaurs Stay Safe? by Jane Yolen – presented by Sandy Police Department Detective Jason Coates
20 kids and 19 adults attended in the Library
Facebook – 24 views, 2 reactions

Bear Says Thanks by Karma Wilson
Facebook – 30 views, 2 reactions

Storytimes at Hoodland Presented by Molly Espenel.  15 kids and 13 adults attended.

Teen Programs
Ongoing
Take and Make –   Craft for a Cause – Make Holiday Cards for Seniors.  We made 250 packets total for all ages. Teen Take & Makes are available starting on the 1st of the month.

Anime Club – 18 teens attended to watch anime.

Teen Library Advisory Board – no meeting – Thanksgiving week

Adult Programs
Special
Goodwill Job Fair – 25 job seekers, 8 employers, 4 Goodwill staff attended.  Our post on Facebook reached 2006 people and got 16 reactions and likes.

Civics Challenge – 15 people have signed up and 5 people have finished so far. Everyone who completes the challenge will be entered into a drawing to win an Oregon State parks pass and a gift card to Otto’s Ski Shop! This challenge will run until January 31st.

Ongoing
Take & Make – Craft for a Cause – Make Holiday Cards for Seniors.  We made 250 packets total for all ages.  Adult Take & Makes are available starting on the 15th of the month.

American Red Cross Blood Drive – 00 people attended, 00 units of blood collected

ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) Class – 3 people attended
ESOL tutor – 7 1 hour sessions (1 tutor and 1 student each)

Writing Group  – 13 people attended our writing group 

Computer Classes: Computer Basics – 1 person, Internet Basics – 1 people

Book a Librarian – We helped 1 person with their phone and 1 person with learning how to use Keyboard and Mouse

Book Clubs
Women’s Book Club – 8 people discussed Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Men’s Book Club – 8 people discussed Anxious People by Fredrik Backman
Hoodland Book Club – 9 people discussed Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
Digital Book Club – 4 people discussed One, Two, Three by Laurie Frankel

Public Notary – Hoodland 4

Exhibits
Come to Sandy Library to see Oregon City artist Cindy Geffel’s Masterpooches and Pollinators.

Displays

November was Native American heritage month.

Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS)
DHS is back in the Library!  Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00am – 3:00pm.

Computer Users
Sandy 540 sessions
Hoodland 92 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 Curbside Service.  
Sandy – 34 users printed 146 jobs (485 pages)
Hoodland – 20 users printed 54 jobs (212 pages)

Library Cards  Sandy patrons created 12 ecards (131 cards total) Hoodland 3 (24 cards total).

Checkouts 
Sandy – 2471 sessions. This averages 80 sessions/day (84 last month) 9330 items
Hoodland – 593 sessions.  This averages 23 sessions/day (25 last month) 2133 items

We checked out a total of 11,463 items(up from last month’s 11,371) curbside pickup and browsing.

Kids Programs
Special
Trick or Treat Trail – 1157 people participated

Ongoing
Vista Apartments – 73 kids and 15 adults attended programs presented by My Voice Music, and staff working with the kids on weaving looms, scratch art, and a STEM day with new items selected with a grant in coordination with Catholic Charities.

Sandy After School Kids’ Club – 28 kids and 18 adults made LEGO creations at LEGO Club and Watercolor Art at our STEM Club. Hoodland After School Kids’ Club – 3 kids and 1 adult.

Take & Make – 45 kids (40 Sandy, 5 Hoodland) picked up Mini Pumpkins for our pumpkin decorating contest.  Our Take & Make kits for kids are available on the 15th with an additional video on Facebook in case you can’t make it to the Make & Take program!

Kids winner by votes: Andi Sheehan with “Glory From Wings Of Fire”
kids winner by random drawing: Grace Freshour with  “Fall Fox”

Reading Tutoring – 9 one hour sessions of reading tutoring (1 tutor and 1 student each).

Read to the Dog – 20 kids

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.

Little Owl’s Orange Scarf by Tatyana Feeney
18 kids and 16 adults attended in the Library!
Hoot Owl , Master of Disguise by Sean taylor
Facebook – 35 views, 1 reaction

What Does Bunny See by Linda Sue Park
10 kids and 8 adults attended in the Library!
Bunny Dreams  by Peter McCarty
Facebook – 32 views

Grumpy Bird  by Jeremy Tankard
18 kids and 17 adults attended in the Library!
Birds by Kevin Henkes
Facebook – 32 views, 2 reactions

Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds
20 kids and 16 adults attended in the Library!
Facebook – 31 views, 2 reactions

Wednesday Storytime at Play Group in the Community Center. In our last two weeks of presenting this storytime 14 kids and 12 adults attended.

Storytimes at Hoodland Presented by Molly Espenel.  19 kids and 16 adults attended.

Teen Programs
Ongoing
Take and Make – 94 teens (82 Sandy, 12 Hoodland) picked up a mini pumpkin for our pumpkin decorating contest.   Teen Take & Makes are available on the 1st of the month.

Teen winner by votes: Alison Ewing with “Tuesday At The Pumpkin Patch.”
Teen winner by random drawing: Lilly Benson with  “Wilson From Castaway”

Anime Club – 22 teens attended to watch anime.

Teen Library Advisory Board – 8 people attended to discuss programs for teens

Adult Programs
Special
Tamales! Tamales! Tamales! – 50 people attended our Tamale making class presented by Antfarm at Antfarm.

Dia de los Muertos – 37 people attended our craft program.

Ongoing
Take & Make – 100 people  (80 Sandy, 20 Hoodland) picked up supplies for Halloween String Art.  Adult Take & Makes are available starting on the 15th of the month.

American Red Cross Blood Drive – We held 2 in October 51 people attended, 47 units of blood collected

ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) Class – 7 people attended
ESOL tutor – 6 1 hour sessions (1 tutor and 1 student each)

Writing Group  – 6 people attended our writing group 

Computer Classes: Keyboard and Mouse – 1 person, Internet Basics – 2 people

Book a Librarian – We helped 1 person with their computer

Book Clubs
Women’s Book Club – 6 people discussed The Recovery Agent by Janet Evanovich
Men’s Book Club – 5 people discussed A Gentleman in Moscow by Amol Towles
Hoodland Book Club – 8 people discussed The Music of Bees by Eileen Garvin
Digital Book Club – 7 people discussed The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown

Public Notary – Hoodland 9

Exhibits
Come view the watercolor art of local artist Nolene Triska through January 4th.

Books Unite Us, Censorship Divides Us is the theme for 2022’s Banned Books Week. Every September for one week libraries across the country celebrate banned and challenged books. Total book challenges in 2022 set to exceed 2021 record.

Between January 1 and August 31, 2022, ALA documented 681 attempts to ban or restrict library resources, and 1,651 unique titles were targeted. 

“The unprecedented number of challenges we’re seeing already this year reflects coordinated, national efforts to silence marginalized or historically underrepresented voices and deprive all of us – young people, in particular – of the chance to explore a world beyond the confines of personal experience,” said ALA President Lessa Kananiʻopua Pelayo-Lozada. 

Summer Reading winners:

Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS)
DHS is back in the Library!  Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00am – 3:00pm.

Computer Users
Sandy 535 sessions
Hoodland 81 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 – 41 users printed 112 jobs (277 pages)
Hoodland – 18 users printed 52 jobs (71 pages)

Library Cards  Sandy patrons created 19 ecards (143 cards total) Hoodland 5 (25 cards total).

Checkouts 
Sandy – 2426 sessions. This averages 84 sessions/day (87 last month) 9380 items
Hoodland – 585 sessions.  This averages 25 sessions/day (25 last month) 1991 items

We checked out a total of 11,371 items(last month 12,934) curbside pickup and browsing.

Kids Programs
Special
Reading with the Snow Queen – 24 kids and 20 adults attended

Ongoing
Vista Apartments – 103 kids attended programs presented by OMSI, Trackers Earth, Ballet Folklorico, and a week long art camp run by Carolina Nascimento.

Sandy After School Kids’ Club – 19 kids and 10 adults made LEGO creations at LEGO Club and Binary bracelets at our STEM Club. 

Take & Make – 120 kids (100 Sandy, 20 Hoodland) picked up Spring in a box.  Our Take & Make kits for kids are available on the 15th with an additional video on Facebook in case you can’t make it to the Make & Take program!

Reading Tutoring – 12 one hour sessions of reading tutoring (1 tutor and 1 student each).

Read to the Dog – 6 kids

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.

A Gift for Nana by Lane Smith
12 kids and 6 adults attended in Meinig Park
Facebook – 24 views, 2 reactions

She’ll Be Comin’ Round The Mountain by Philemon Sturges
6 kids and 5 adults attended in Meinig Park
Let’s Sing A Lullaby With The Brave Cowboy  by Jan Thomas
Facebook – 29 views, 1 reaction

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?  by Bill Martin
20 kids and 18 adults attended in Meinig Park
The Curious Cares of Bears by Douglas Florian
Facebook – 37 views, 2 reactions

Chicky Chicky Chook Chook by Cathy MacLennan
15 kids and 8 adults attended in Meinig Park
Watersong by Tim McCanna
Facebook – 26 views, 2 reaction

My Heart is Like a Zoo by Michael Hall
11 kids and 10 adults in Meinig Park
Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell
Facebook – 28 views, 1 reaction

Wednesday Storytime at Play Group in the Community Center. 23 kids and 22 adults attended.

Storytimes at Hoodland Presented by Molly Espenel.  16 kids and 17 adults attended.

Teen Programs
Ongoing
Take and Make – 94 teens (82 Sandy, 12 Hoodland) picked up supplies to make a Total Eclipse Wall Banner.   Teen Take & Makes are available starting on the 1st of the month.

Anime Club – 10 teens attended to watch anime and Build Better Ramen.

Teen Library Advisory Board – 12 people attended to discuss upcoming programs for teens

Adult Programs
Special
Estampa Mexicana  – 28 people attended this dance performance at Clackamas County Bank in honor of Hispanic Heritage Month.

Ongoing
Take & Make – 100 people  (80 Sandy, 20 Hoodland) picked up supplies for No-knead Bread Dough.  Adult Take & Makes are available starting on the 15th of the month.

Writing Group  – 13 people attended our twice monthly writing group 

ESOL Class – Our English for speakers of other languages class is taught by a wonderful volunteer. 8 students attended.

Computer Classes: Computer Basics – 3 person, Internet Basics – 2 people

Book Clubs
Women’s Book Club – 9 people discussed Peril in Paradise by Kimila kay
Men’s Book Club – 9 people discussed The Long Way Home by Louise Penny
Hoodland Book Club – 5 people discussed Devil in the White City by Erik Larson

Public Notary – Hoodland 13

Summer Reading finished August 31st!

Creature Teacher – Sandy 106 kids and 60 adults
– Hoodland 26 kids and 16 adults

Busy Bugs – Hoodland 20 kids and 10 adults

Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS)
DHS is back in the Library!  Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00am – 3:00pm.

Computer Users
Sandy 432 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 – 37 users printed 115 jobs (352 pages)
Hoodland – 27 users printed 90 jobs (206 pages)

Library Cards  Sandy patrons created 13 ecards (130 cards total) Hoodland 1 (23 cards total).

Checkouts 
Sandy – 2697 sessions. Averages 87 sessions/day (up from 84 last month) 10,413 items
Hoodland – 686 sessions.  Averages 25 sessions/day (same as last month) 2521 items

We checked out a total of 12,934 items(up from last month’s 12,421) curbside pickup and browsing.

Kids Programs
Special
In coordination with Todos Juntos at Sandy, we held a very successful school supply drive! Hoodland also collected school supplies for the welches school.

Ongoing
Vista Apartments – 102 kids attended Summer Reading Programs presented by Mad Science, Creature Teacher, and a week long art camp run by Carolina Nascimento.

Sandy After School Kids’ Club – 13 kids and 9 adults made LEGO creations at LEGO Club. 

Take & Make – 120 kids (100 Sandy, 20 Hoodland) picked up Super Seeds!  Our Take & Make kits for kids are available on the 15th with an additional video on Facebook in case you can’t make it to the Make & Take program!

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.

A Tree in Me by Corinna Luyken
9 kids and 8 adults attended in Meinig Park
Tap the magic Tree by Christie Matheson
Facebook – 43 views, 2 reactions

A Bed for Bear  by Clive McFarland
17 kids and 13 adults attended in Meinig Park
We Were Tired of Living in a House  by Liesel Moak Skorpen
Facebook – 35 views, 1 reaction

Little Green Peas  by Keith Baker
5 kids and 5 adults attended in Meinig Park
Press Here by Hervé Tullet
Facebook – 40 views, 2 reactions

Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems
8 kids and 9 adults attended in Meinig Park
Foxy by Emma Dodd
Facebook – 33 views, 1 reaction

Wednesday Storytime at Play Group in the Community Center. 15 kids and 12 adults attended.

Storytimes at Hoodland Presented by Molly Espenel and Monica Smith.  19 kids and 17 adults attended.

Sasquatch word scavenger hunt – 45 kids found all the words and won a prize

Ongoing
Take and Make – 95 teens (81 Sandy, 14 Hoodland) picked up supplies to make Twinkle twine lanterns.   Teen Take & Makes are available starting on the 1st of the month.

Anime Club – 17 teens attended to watch anime, make paper fans, and connect with each other.

Teen Library Advisory Board – 6 people attended to discuss upcoming programs for teens

Adult Programs
Ongoing
Take & Make – 100 people  (80 Sandy, 20 Hoodland) picked up supplies to make an Essential Oil Diffuser.  Adult Take & Makes are available starting on the 15th of the month.

American Red Cross Blood Drive – 28 people attended, 21 units of blood collected

Writing Group  – 16 people attended our twice monthly writing group 

Computer Classes: Keyboard and Mouse – 1 person

Book Clubs
Women’s Book Club – 3 people brought titles that they were reading to share with the group
Men’s Book Club – 8 people discussed The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig
Hoodland Book Club – 7 people discussed Whiskey When We’re Dry by John Larison

Public Notary – Hoodland 12

Displays
August is national dog month!

Exhibits
Come in now to see prints and originals of local artist Doug Hunt.

Summer Reading runs through August 31st!

Dragon Theater Puppets presents Cryptozoology – 38 kids and 20 adults in Meinig Park 
– 9 kids and 3 adults at Hoodland

Busy Bugs – 40 kids and 22 adults attended in Meinig park

Mountain Festival Kids Parade – Monica Smith and volunteers helped 100 kids make bookmarks.

Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS)
DHS is back in the Library!  Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00am – 3:00pm.

Computer Users
Sandy 429 sessions
Hoodland 80 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 Curbside Service.  
Sandy – 31 users printed 70 jobs (226 pages)
Hoodland -25 users printed 103 jobs (267 pages)

New Library Cards  Sandy patrons created 13 ecards (119 cards total) Hoodland (23 cards total).

Checkouts 
Sandy – 2516 sessions. Averages 84 sessions/day (down from 89 last month) 10,183 items
Hoodland – 637 sessions.  Averages 25 sessions/day (up from 24 last month) 2238 items

We checked out a total of 12,421 items(up from last month’s 12,370)through curbside pickup and browsing.

Kids Programs
Special
Harry Potter’s Birthday -150 people attended. We made light up wands, quiddich balls, and sorted people into houses.

Ongoing
Vista Apartments – 55 kids attended Summer Reading Programs presented by Wy’East Artisans Guild, LEGO Guy, Clackamas County (Composting with Worms), and Rick Reynolds (Bugs!)

Sandy After School Kids’ Club – 10 kids and 7 adults made LEGO creations at LEGO Club and created sun prints 

Take & Make – 135 kids (115 Sandy, 20 Hoodland) picked up supplies for weaving.  Our Take & Make kits for kids are  available on the 15th with an additional video on Facebook in case you can’t make it to the Make & Take program!

Reading Tutoring – 8 one hour sessions of reading tutoring (2 tutors and 2 students each).

Read to a Dog – 1 kid read to a dog in person in the library

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.

Make a Scary Face by Jan Thomas
10 views (video did not upload correctly)

Jump Frog Jump  by Robert Kalan
8 kids and 7 adults attended in Meinig Park
Facebook – 9 views

Rhyming Dust Bunnies – by Jan Thomas 
10 kids and 8 adults attended in Meinig Park
Facebook – 30 views, 2 reactions

To the Beach!  by Linda Ashman
5 kids and 5 adults attended in Meinig Park
Facebook – 8 views

Bark, George by Jules Feiffer
13 kids and 10 adults attended in Meinig Park
Facebook – 32 views, 1 reaction

Wednesday Storytime at Play Group in the Community Center. 11 kids and 8 adults attended.

Storytimes at Hoodland Presented by Molly Espenel and Monica Smith.  29 kids and 20 adults attended.

Teen Programs
Ongoing
Take and Make – 50 teens (43 Sandy, 7 Hoodland) picked up supplies to make macrame wall art.   Teen Take & Makes are available starting on the 1st of the month.

Anime Club – 6 teens attended to watch anime and connect with each other.

White Board (Passive) – Question: What brings you into the library today?  57 people participated.

Adult Programs
Special
Planning a Fall and Winter Vegetable Garden – presented by Master Gardener Dennis Brown 10 people attended in person, 5 through zoom.

Lotus Lantern Craft Workshop – in partnership with the Korean Spirit and Culture Promotion Project.  22 people attended.

Ongoing
Take & Make – 60 people  (50 Sandy, 10 Hoodland) picked up supplies to make Modge Podge Fabric Bowls.  Adult Take & Makes are available starting on the 15th of the month.

American Red Cross Blood Drive – 28 people attended, 22 units of blood collected

Writing Group  – 12 people attended our twice monthly writing group led by volunteer Gary Dohrer.  Gary is a retired English professor with over 30 years of experience teaching writing and literature.

Computer Classes: Computer Basics – 2 people, Internet Basics – 2 people

Book Clubs
Women’s Book Club – 6 people discussed Piranesi  by Susanna Clarke
Men’s Book Club – 7 people discussed Hillbilly Elegy by J D Vance
Hoodland Book Club – 12 people discussed Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson

Public Notary – Hoodland 6

Exhibits
Come see the linoleum block prints of Chelsey Hawkey at Sandy Library before August 29th.

Training
Five staff were able to attend a one day conference at Timberline Lodge. Greg Fox, Kimberly Gomez-Ruelas, Katie Murphy, Thea Ellen, and Molly Espenel.

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Summer Reading for all ages has begun!
Come into the library to pick up a paper log, or login to Beanstack to get started. Win great prizes!

Longest Day Parkway is back! 300 people stopped by the library booth on the route.  We handed out Summer Reading packets and giveaways.

Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS)
DHS is back in the Library!  Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00am – 3:00pm.

Computer Users
Sandy 400 sessions
Hoodland 106 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.  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 – 37 users printed 134 jobs (314 pages)
Hoodland – 12 users printed 33 jobs (91 pages)

Library Cards  Sandy patrons created 22 ecards (139 cards in person) Hoodland (19 cards in person).

Checkouts 
Sandy – 2571 sessions. This averages 89 sessions/day (up from 83 last month) 10,211 items
Hoodland – 631 sessions.This averages 24 sessions/day (up from 23 last month) 2159 items

We checked out a total of 12,370 items(up from last month’s 11,538) through curbside pickup and browsing.

Kids Programs
Special
Summer Reading Program
Storytelling by Daniel Stevens – 13 kids and 7 adults attended.

Ongoing
Vista Apartments – 60 kids made scratch art, paper weaving, and beaded alphabet bracelets.

Sandy After School Kids’ Club – 27 kids and 12 adults made LEGO creations at LEGO Club and worked with Perler Beads at the Make & Take program 

Take & Make – 145 kids (125 Sandy, 20 Hoodland) picked up Fossil Fun! – A STEM activity from the Oregon Museum of natural and Cultural History.  Our Take & Make kits for kids are  available on the 15th with an additional video on Facebook in case you can’t make it to the Make & Take program!

Reading Tutoring – 10 one hour sessions of reading tutoring (2 tutors and 2 students each).

Read to a Dog – 20 kids read to a dog in person in the library!

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.

RRRALPH by Lois Ehlert
18 kids and 11 adults attended in Meinig Park
On Facebook – 35 views, 2 reactions

Iamasaurus – by Anne Ylvisaker 
14 kids and 9 adults attended in Meinig Park
On Facebook – 32 views

First Star  by Will Hillenbrand
20 kids and 15 adults attended in Meinig Park
On Facebook – 13 views

Can You Make A Scary Face by Jan Thomas
8 kids and 8 adults attended in Meinig Park
Technical problem uploading to Facebook 

Wednesday Storytime at Play Group in the Community Center.  33 kids and 20 adults attended.

Storytimes at Hoodland Presented by Molly Espenel.  17 kids and 12 adults attended.

Teen Programs
Ongoing
Take and Make – 52 teens at Sandy and 7 at Hoodland picked up supplies to make macrame wall art.   Teen Take & Makes are available starting on the 1st of the month.

Anime Club – 6 teens attended to watch anime and connect with each other.

White Board (Passive) – Question: If you could grow up to be famous, what would you be famous for?  41 people participated.

Adult Programs
Ongoing
Take & Make – 60 people picked up Macrame Jar Hanger kits (50 Sandy, 10 Hoodland).  Adult Take & Makes are available starting on the 15th of the month.

American Red Cross Blood Drive – 22 people attended, 18 units of blood collected

Writing Group  – 13 people attended our twice monthly writing group led by volunteer Gary Dohrer.  Gary is a retired English professor with over 30 years of experience teaching writing and literature.

Computer Classes: Computer Basics – 2 people, Internet Basics – 4 people

ESOL Tutoring – 0 – 1 hour sessions (1 tutor and 1 student)

Book Clubs
Digital Book Club –  4 people discussed The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Women’s Book Club – 6 people (4 in person, 2 through zoom) discussed City of Girls  by Elizabeth Gilbert
Men’s Book Club – 6 people discussed Bring Up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel

Public Notary – Hoodland 12

Displays
This month was Juneteenth and Pride!

Exhibits
Come see the linoleum block prints of Chelsey Hawkey at Sandy Library before August 29th.

Summer Reading 2022 has started!
Read Beyond the Beaten Path with us this summer.

Photos on Loan
The Sandy Library currently has two photos on loan from Daniel Stevens aka the Sandy Mountain Man. Come see his storytelling at our first Summer Reading program at the gazebo in Meinig Park on June 29th at 2pm.

Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS)
DHS is back in the Library in May!  Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00am – 3:00pm.

Computer Users
Sandy 455 sessions
Hoodland 114 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 – 16 users printed 40 jobs (165 pages)
Hoodland – 15 users printed 65 jobs (210 pages)

Library Cards  Sandy patrons created 22 ecards (87 cards in person) Hoodland patrons created 2 ecards (12 cards in person).

Checkouts 
Sandy – 2487 sessions. This averages 83 sessions/day (down from 84 last month) 9439 items
Hoodland – 581 sessions.  This averages 23 sessions/day (down from 24 last month) 2099 items

We checked out a total of 11,538 items(down from last month’s 11,808) through curbside pickup and browsing.

Kids Programs
Ongoing
Vista Apartments – 57 kids made monsters, banjos, and as a special treat made books with volunteer Florence Adee.

Sandy After School Kids’ Club – 7 kids and 5 adults made LEGO creations at LEGO Club and did Scratch Art at the Make & Take program 

Take & Make – 65 kids (50 Sandy, 15 Hoodland) picked up supplies for scratch art.  Our Take & Make kits for kids are  available on the 15th with an additional video on Facebook in case you can’t make it to the Make & Take program!

Reading Tutoring – 7 one hour sessions of reading tutoring (2 tutors and 2 students).

Read to a Dog – 4 kids read to a dog in person in the library!

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.

Higher! Higher! by Leslie Patricelli – presented by Shara Sala of Todos Juntos
6 kids and 3 adults attended in Meinig Park
On Facebook – 25 views, 2 reactions

Duck on a Bike – by David Shannon
8 kids and 13 adults attended in Meinig Park
On Facebook – 40 views, 1 reaction

Pete The Cat: I Love My White Shoes by James Dean
6 kids and 8 adults attended in Meinig Park
On Facebook – 38 views, 1 reaction, 1 comment

Bee: A Peek-through Picture Book by Patricia Hegarty
16 kids and 12 adults attended in Meinig Park
On Facebook – 23 views

Wednesday Storytime at Play Group in the Community Center.  28 kids and 18 adults attended.

Storytimes at Hoodland Presented by Molly Espenel.  16 kids and 11 adults attended.

Teen Programs
Special
Free Comic Book Day – 57 people attended

Ongoing
Take and Make – 49 teens at Sandy and 12 at Hoodland picked up supplies to make bath bombs.   Teen Take & Makes are available starting on the 1st of the month.

Anime Club – 20 teens attended to watch anime and connect with each other.

Adult Programs
Special
Spring Celebration – 13 people attended (it was cold and rainy!)

Repair Fair – 12 people attended 

What’s the Buzz – Bee City USA Program with Master Gardener Kris Lamar
Part 1 – 11 attendees
Part 2 – 4 attendees

Ongoing
Take & Make – 60 people picked up Natural Beeswax wraps kits (50 Sandy, 10 Hoodland).  Adult Take & Makes are available starting on the 15th of the month.

American Red Cross Blood Drive – 20 people attended, 15 units of blood collected

Writing Group  – 15 people attended our twice monthly writing group led by volunteer Gary Dohrer.  Gary is a retired English professor with over 30 years of experience teaching writing and literature.

ESOL Tutoring – 2 – 1 hour sessions (1 tutor and 1 student)

Book Clubs
Digital Book Club – 3 people discussed The Pearl That Broke Its Own Shell by Nadia Hashimi
Women’s Book Club – 8 people discussed The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency  by Alexander McCall Smith
Men’s Book Club – 10 people discussed Homeland Elegies by Ayad Akhtar

Public Notary – Hoodland 3

Exhibits
Come see the linoleum block prints of Chelsey Hawkey at Sandy Library before August 29th.

Staffing Changes
We hired Shelver and Substitute Clerk Greg Fox in a 20 hour/week Library Clerk position. You will see him regularly Sunday, Monday and Tuesday at the Sandy Library. Also Kimberly Gomez-Ruelas is now a Substitute Clerk (previously a Shelver and Substitute Clerk). Kimberly will have regular shifts at Sandy Library Tuesday and Wednesday, and at Hoodland Library on Saturday. Kimberly also helps to lead our literacy and STEM programs at Vista Apartments on Thursday. Congratulations Greg and Kimberly!

Oregon Department of Human Services (DHS)
DHS is back in the Library starting in May!  Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:00am – 3:00pm. DHS helps families meet basic needs and work towards self-sufficiency.

Computer Users
Sandy 475 sessions
Hoodland 118 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 – 30 users printed 121 jobs (430 pages)
Hoodland – 13 users printed 57 jobs (243 pages)

Library Cards  Sandy patrons created 13 ecards (92 new library accounts in person), Hoodland patrons created 15 cards in person.

Checkouts 
Sandy – 2525 sessions. Average 84 sessions/day (down from 85 last month) 9665 items
Hoodland – 617 sessions.  Average 24 sessions/day (down from 26 last month) 2143 items

We checked out a total of 11,808 items(down from last month’s 12,340) through curbside pickup and browsing.

Kids Programs
Special

Dia del Nino – 198 kids and adults attended Children’s Day at Sandy Library.  

Reading Tutoring – 8 one hour sessions of reading tutoring happened in April (2 tutors and 2 students).

Ongoing
Sandy After School Kids’ Club – 3 kids and 2 adults made catapults at the Make & Take program 

Take & Make – 60 kids (50 Sandy, 10 Hoodland) picked up supplies for spinning tops.  Our Take & Make kits for kids are  available on the 15th with an additional video on Facebook in case you can’t make it to the Make & Take program!

Read to a Dog – Starting in May, this program will again be in person in the library!

Storytimes at the gazebo in Meinig Park returned in March!
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.

Up, Down, and Around by Katherine Ayres
14 kids and 11 adults attended in Meinig Park
On Facebook – 38 views 1 comment

The Way Back Home – by Oliver Jeffers
11 kids and 10 adults attended in Meinig Park
On Facebook – 47 views, 2 reactions

Unicorn Thinks He’s Pretty Great by Bob Shea
On Facebook – 46 views, 3 reactions, 1 comment

Monica Smith has been presenting storytimes for the weekly Wednesday Play Group at the Community Center.

Storytimes at Hoodland! presented by Molly Espenel 
7 kids and 7 adults attended

Teen Programs
Special
Flashlight Egg Hunt – 150 teens came to Meinig Park with flashlights to search for eggs.

Ongoing
Take and Make – 53 teens picked up supplies to make paracord bracelets.   

Anime Club – 6 teens attended to watch anime and connect with each other.

Adult Programs
Special
Senior Egg Hunt – 28 seniors attended. This program was in coordination with Community Center Staff

Computer Classes
Using a Keyboard and Mouse – 3 people attended
Computer Basics – 3 people attended
Internet Basics – 3 people attended

Ongoing
Take & Make – 60 people picked up Seed Bomb kits (50 Sandy, 10 Hoodland)

American Red Cross Blood Drive – 30 people attended, 24 units of blood collected (133% of expected). 72 lives potentially saved.

Writing Group  – 11 people attended our twice monthly writing group led by volunteer Gary Dohrer.  Gary is a retired English professor with over 30 years of experience teaching writing and literature.

Book Clubs
Digital Book Club –  3 people discussed Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
Women’s Book Club – 11 people discussed While Justice Sleeps  by Stacy Abrams
Men’s Book Club – 8 people discussed Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire by Kurt Andersen

Public Notary – Hoodland 6

Displays
April was Financial Literacy Month. What’s in your wallet?

Exhibits
Hanging at Hoodland until June 6th is the work of local Welches photographer Julie Zaremskiy.